BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//KESHO - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://kesho-kenya.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for KESHO REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Nairobi BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EAT DTSTART:20200101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Nairobi:20210819T170000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Nairobi:20210819T203000 DTSTAMP:20220426T105717Z CREATED:20211019T045542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220426T105717Z UID:6341-1629392400-1629405000@kesho-kenya.org SUMMARY:1st KESHO-AORTIC-UICC SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner] \n \n Theme: Innovations and Strategies for Screening and Early Detection for LMICs \n \n \n [/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title=”Executive Summary” tab_id=”1618600243140-acca4fba-be679630-22ed”][vc_column_text]The Kenya Society for Haematology and Oncology (KESHO)\, in partnership with the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) and with support from the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) held its 1st Regional Symposium on 19th August 2021 5PM – 8:30PM EAT.  \nDue to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions the event was held virtually and attracted over 600 attendees from all over the globe. The Symposium brought together top regional multi-disciplinary professionals with expertise in screening and early detection to share their research and progress in the field. The speakers were drawn from Africa\, Asia and North America. The attendees comprised of oncologists\, radiologists\, haematologists\, medical officers\, pharmacists\, scientists\, students\, advocacy groups\, cancer survivors and persons living with cancer \nThe theme of the Symposium was on Innovations and Strategies for Screening and Early Detection for LMICs. WHO projects that cancer will be the leading cause of death globally by the year 2030. A major component of any cancer early detection programme is education to promote early diagnosis and ensure compliance with screening programmes. The cancer epidemic represents a huge challenge to LMICs mainly due to lack of screening and early detection\, education and costly infrastructure. This symposium sought to show how strategies for screening and early detection of cancer are essential to reduce the proportion of patients presenting advanced disease stages hence increasing survival rates. The symposium provided a platform to promote knowledge exchange especially with the wide variety of speakers from Africa and across the globe. It also highlighted key innovations and treatment approaches for screening and early detection. \nThe format included different speaker presentations on various topics\, Q&A sessions and illustrative presentations by the sector players. \nThe interactive Q&A sessions provided attendees an opportunity to address issues raised in the presentations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Speaker Profiles” tab_id=”1634621389791-30c7134c-f923″][vc_masonry_media_grid grid_id=”vc_gid:1650970359414-2436aa76-76c5-0″ include=”5957\,5956\,5955\,5954\,5953\,5952\,5951\,5950\,5949\,5948\,5947\,5946\,5945″][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Program” tab_id=”1618603042055-86340cec-10519630-22ed”][vc_column_text]Find below the programme: \n \n\n \n \n Loading Viewer... \n \n \n [/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Sponsors” tab_id=”1618600243182-22e4f313-bf2f9630-22ed”][vc_images_carousel images=”4698\,4558\,4645\,6636\,6637\,6779″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_no” slides_per_view=”5″ wrap=”yes”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Attendance” tab_id=”1618602681315-0331dd50-f46e9630-22ed”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n\nMedical Oncologists\nRadiation Oncologists\nClinical and Radiation Oncologists\nPaediatric Oncologists\nSurgical oncologists\nGynaecological oncologists\nHaematologists\nOther Specialists with special interest in Oncology\nMedical officers and general practitioners working in the Oncology field\nRadiation therapists\nMedical physicists\nOncology pharmacists\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n\nClinical trial co-ordinators\nOncology nurses\nOncology Social workers\nNutrionists\nSponsoring & exhibiting companies\nRegistrars and fellows specialising in oncology field\nTrainee radiation therapists\, medical physicists and oncology nurses\nMedical advisors and administration staff involved in authorisation process\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Resources” tab_id=”1618603068054-1a862002-c1869630-22ed”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″] \n View Report \n [/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Symposium Recording” tab_id=”1650970268565-ee944b75-8bfa”][vc_column_text][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message]Dear Guest\, this content is restricted to only KESHO Members.[/vc_message][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"] \n Access our Membership Page \n [/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"] \n Fill in the Membership Form \n [/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"] \n Access Membership Portal \n [/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Photos” tab_id=”1618603088222-d75bc43c-cc859630-22ed”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”5993\,5992″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://kesho-kenya.org/event/kesho-aortic-uicc-symposium/ LOCATION:Virtual Event (Zoom)\, Kenya CATEGORIES:Symposia and Workshops,Webinar Recording Available ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kesho-kenya.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/symposium_banner-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR