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SUMMARY:Professional Differentiation for the Oncology Workforce Symposium
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title=”Executive Summary” tab_id=”1693910372572-0a8b207b-5448″][vc_column_text]The Kenya Society for Haematology and Oncology (KESHO) partnered with the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) and the Ministry of Health\, Kenya\, and the Aga Khan University\, to host the 1st Professional Differentiation for the Oncology Workforce Symposium aimed at developing a skilled and well trained oncology workforce who can provide quality care and services across the cancer continuum from prevention\, diagnosis\, treatment and survivorship. \nThe event brought together specialists\, program directors\, policymakers\, universities\, and all facilities that provide training for all cadres providing oncology services across the country and in the region to define the scope of practice\, core competencies and entrustable professional activities for all oncology and allied services care providers in the country.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Speaker Profiles” tab_id=”1693910372581-ec3895f1-54c3″][vc_column_text]	\n		                        \n		 					\n									\n		      \n	\n    \n        Caesar Oburu Barare\n        \n            \n                                                    Categories: \n                    speakers                \n                        \n        \nCaesar Oburu Barare is the Assistant Chief Radiation Therapist at the Kenyatta National Hospital\, Cancer Treatment Centre. \nHe is a part time lecturer in Dip Med Imaging at KMTC Manza Campus and a Clinical Tutor\, BRad (Therapy) at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. \nHe is the immediate past Regional Director Africa at International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT). He is the past president of Society of Radiography in Kenya (SORK). \n        \n    \n		    \n    							\n  \n    \n  \n  \n    Caesar Oburu Barare\n            Caesar Oburu Barare is the Assistant Chief Radiation Therapist at... \n        \n          \n  \n  					\n					\n					 					\n									\n		      \n	\n    \n        Dr. Zipporah Ali\n        \n            \n                          Position: Palliative Care Specialist\, Technical Advisor\, Consultant and Researcher\n                                                    Categories: \n                    Committee Members                \n                        \n        Dr. Zipporah Ali has recently retired from the position of Executive Director of Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA)\, a position she held for 15 years. She serves on the board of several organizations including; Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association\, International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN)\, City Cancer Challenge\, Alzheimer/Dementia Kenya\, Public Health and Palliative Care International\, and Kenya Network of Cancer Organizations (KENCO). She has previously served on several other global\, regional\, and national boards. \nDr. Ali has been and continues to be involved in advocacy and creating awareness on pain relief and palliative care in Kenya for children and adults as well as Universal Health Coverage. In her leadership role as the Executive Director for KEHPCA\, she was very instrumental in fostering strong relationships with the Ministry of Health to integrate palliative care into government hospitals. She was also instrumental in advocating for palliative care to be included in the undergraduate medical and nursing schools in Kenya. She is a strong advocate for cancer prevention\, control\, and treatment and was instrumental in developing the first National Cancer Control Strategy and the National Guidelines for Cancer Management-Kenya. She has also advocated for palliative care to be integrated into other non-communicable diseases as well as infectious diseases. \nDr. Ali has been involved in a number of activities at the World Health Assembly (Geneva) and the UN High-Level Meetings on Non-communicable diseases. She is a strong advocate for the right to health for all and a supporter of the movement on meaningful involvement of persons living with serious health conditions and leaving no one behind. \nDr. Ali holds an MD from Ege University\, Izmir\, Turkey\, a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Nairobi\, a Higher Diploma in Palliative Care from Oxford Brookes University\, and a Masters in Palliative Care from the University of Dundee. She has completed the International Pain Policy Fellow program with the International Pain Policy Studies Group (WHO Collaborating Centre for Policy and Communication in Cancer Care\, University of Wisconsin) as well as a Higher Diploma in the International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative at The Institute of Palliative Medicine at the San Diego Hospice. \nShe has received a number of awards in recognition of her work nationally and globally. These include: \n\nDoctor of Law Honoris Causa-University of Dundee (2018)\nInternational Humanitarian Award-Women4Africa (2018)\nSocial Impact Award for the Sub-Saharan Africa region-British Council (2018)\nHonorary Doctor of the University by Oxford Brookes University (2012)\nIndividual Advocacy Award by the African Palliative Care Association and Open Society Foundations (2013\nAfrican Palliative Care Award –(In recognition for being on the interim board and later serving on the board for 2 teams) -2007\n\n        \n    \n		    \n    							\n  \n    \n  \n  \n    Dr. Zipporah Ali\n            Palliative Care Specialist\, Technical Advisor\, Consultant and Researcher\n            Dr. Zipporah Ali has recently retired from the position of... \n        \n          \n  \n  					\n					\n					 					\n									\n		      \n	\n    \n        Dr Karen Mbaabu\n        \n            \n                                                    Categories: \n                    speakers                \n                        \n        \nDr Karen Mbaabu is a oncoplastic breast surgeon based at the MP Shah hospital Nairobi. She completed her fellowship in oncoplastic breast surgery training in the UK. Prior to that\, she had worked as a General Surgeon at a The Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Nairobi.  \nShe undertook her medical training at the University of Nairobi Medical School and her postgraduate training in General Surgery at the Aga khan University Hospital\, Nairobi. Dr Mbaabu’s most recent accomplishment is graduating with a Postgraduate certificate in Surgical Leadership from the Harvard Postgraduate Medical School (SLP\,Class of 2022) She currently serves as the co-country representative of the COSECSA program. \nDr Mbaabu is passionate about providing quality\, compassionate and affordable surgery. Her main interests are oncoplastic breast surgery and surgical education. \n        \n    \n		    \n    							\n  \n    \n  \n  \n    Dr Karen Mbaabu\n            Dr Karen Mbaabu is a oncoplastic breast surgeon based at... \n        \n          \n  \n  					\n					\n					 					\n									\n		      \n	\n    \n        Dr Manel Haj Mansour\n        \n            \n                                                    Categories: \n                    speakers                \n                        \n        \nDr Manel Haj is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Section Head of Medical Oncology at Aga Khan University Hospital\, Nairobi. She is also the current Fellowship Program Director in The Department of Hematology Oncology. \nShe graduated from the University Tunis\, and undertook her Core Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology training the most prestigious University Hospitals in Tunisia where she received her certificate of completion in 2017. She has also received part of training at the Gustave Roussy Institute of cancer treatment in Paris\, France. \nShe has previously worked as consultant medical oncologist and lecturer at Abdurrahman Mami University Hospital\, Tunisia and at a leading health care facility in Nairobi.  \nDr Haj is passionate about increasing cancer awareness and promoting screening and early detection. She has also a special interest in precision oncology and clinical research and is currently investigator in several clinical trials in the Cancer Research Unit at Aga Khan University Hospital. \nShe is a member of American (ASCO)\, European (ESMO) \,Tunisian and Kenyan societies of medical oncology ((STOM  and KESHO). \n        \n    \n		    \n    							\n  \n    \n  \n  \n    Dr Manel Haj Mansour\n            Dr Manel Haj is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Section... \n        \n          \n  \n  					\n					\n					 					\n									\n		      \n	\n    \n        David Makumi\n        \n            \n                          Position: Vice Chair of Non-communicable Diseases Alliance Kenya (NCDAK)\n                                                    Categories: \n                    Committee Members                \n                        \n        David Makumi is an award winning cancer control advocate and has worked in cancer control at clinical\, advocacy and policy level for over 15 years. He was the first recipient of the International Award for Contribution to Cancer Care from the East African Region by Oncology Nursing Society (ONS-USA) in 2011. \nDavid is the vice chair of Non-communicable Diseases Alliance Kenya (NCDAK) and the immediate former Chairman of the Kenyan Network of Cancer Organizations\,(KENCO) the umbrella body of the cancer civil society groups with over 25 cancer patients associations\, Community Based organizations\, Non-Governmental Organizations and patient groups. He is also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Non Communicable Diseases Alliance of Kenya (NCD-AK) and sits on several cancer related boards and technical groups. \nHe has professional interests in low cost models of access to screening and care for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and clinical ethics. \n        \n    \n		    \n    							\n  \n    \n  \n  \n    David Makumi\n            Vice Chair of Non-communicable Diseases Alliance Kenya (NCDAK)\n            David Makumi is an award winning cancer control advocate and... \n        \n          \n  \n  					\n					\n					 					\n									\n		      \n	\n    \n        Dr. Festus Njuguna\n        \n            \n                                                    Categories: \n                    speakers                \n                        \n        \nDr. Njuguna is a Lecturer at Moi University\, School of medicine\, Department of child Health and\nPaediatrics: he is also the Head of Paediatric haemato-oncology unit at Moi Teaching and Referral \nHospital. 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URL:https://kesho-kenya.org/event/professional-differentiation-for-the-oncology-workforce-symposium/
LOCATION:Aga Khan University\, Nairobi
CATEGORIES:CME 2023,Symposia and Workshops
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