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This documentary produced by Golfe TV Africa presents the cervical cancer screening pilot project launched in Cotonou, Benin within the framework of the Care4Afrique project.
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Mr Eric Lucas presented the new initiative from IARC, Cancer Screening in 5 continents (CanScreen5) during the ICSN 2019 conference. The core objective of CanScreen5 is to encourage and support countries to collect and use breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer screening data for effective programme, evaluation and quality improvement.
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The Screening Group launched a new website for the Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) project. This IARC project aims to collect information on the characteristics and performance of cancer screening programmes across the globe in a harmonized manner and disseminate the information for improved programme management and informed policy-making.
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Dr Partha Basu presented the IARC mandate: generating evidence to inform public health policies. He also summarized the implementation status of EU Council's Recommendation on cancer screening during the Expert Workshop on cancer control organized by the Romanian EU Council Presidency in cooperation with the European Commission.

This publication provides evidence-based evaluations of the effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in reducing colorectal cancer incidence and mortality. The Working Group also reviewed the body of evidence on the comparison of endoscopic and stool-based techniques, on the determinants of participation in screening programmes, and on the most mature new techniques that may be alternatives to current practices, as well as presenting the different categories of high-risk populations and the surveillance strategies. View the publication.

Dr Patricia Villain will be involved in the PAPRICA project, an educational intervention based on a behavioural change model, among general practitioners in Lyon, aiming to increase doctor-patient communication and consulted-shared decision-making that may translate into more girls being vaccinated. She will also be involved in the CANelles project: to create, implement and evaluate a social network in breast cancer screening in France to be used as a SDM tool for both women at the age of joining the screening programme and General Practitioners.

The Care4Afrique project was officially inaugurated by the Minister of Health of Benin, Dr Benjamin Hounkpatin, the Foundation Claudine Talon, the Lalla Salma Foundation for Cancer Prevention and Treatment and the IARC screening group.

The Screening Group organized a training course in the Foundation Claudine Talon and in CHU MEL in collaboration with the Governmenent of Benin, Foundation Claudine Talon and the Foundation Lalla Salma to train the medical providers involved in the Care4Afrique project. Dr Partha Basu and Farida Selmouni attended as a faculty members with a mixed of practical and theoretical sessions.

Mr Eric Lucas presented an IARC Science Café to introduce the new Cancer screening in 5 continents (CanScreen5) platform. The CanScreen5 website is a global repository of information on cancer screening programmes by World Region and Country.
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Dr Basu and Walter Prendiville attended the meeting to present the progress of the randomized controlled trial of the Liger Thermal Coagulator versus cryocautery and versus large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) to prevent cervical neoplasia in VIA-positive women in LMICs in Zambia (the DELTA study).