Associate member Dr. Amal El-Sisi has been deeply involved in the Program of Scale: United to End Cervical Cancer in Egypt. Rotary and partners are collaborating to support an evidence-based program to lead public awareness campaigns about cervical cancer prevention, and train health care workers to promote and distribute the vaccine in order to increase understanding about HPV and broaden the demand for vaccines and screenings. She shared her experience at a recent celebration of their work so far.
“I would like to share our 17th November Cervical Cancer elimination day. We had a fantastic celebration with over 300 attendees from Rotarians. District leaders HCP MoH Ministry of solidarity, head of women council, head of maternal and childhood council, cancer survivors, religious leaders, and the general public.
View a brief video of the celebration here.
The celebration was publicized in 10 TV channels and online newspapers, plus social media. It reached 100K followers. It was a great day of raising awareness . We continue to work very hard, and we take pride that RI is supporting us as the biggest Cervical cancer project in TRF.”