Patient Advocacy

Collaborating to Improve HPB Cancer Control in Africa: Prevention, Treatment, Research, and Survivorship

Time	Workshop	Speaker/Presenter
Morning Session Session Chair: Dr Bisi, Co-chair: Dr Danjuma Adda
9:00 – 9:20am	Arrival & Registration
9:20 – 9:40am	Testing Algorithms; Knowing who to test, and when to test; an Oncology Roadmap	Dr. Mohamed Ezzi
9:40 – 10:00am	Relinking Diagnosed but Untreated Patients to Care	Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Kassas
10:00 – 10:20am	Stigma – the ‘lived experience’	Dr ZamZam
10:20 – 10:40am	From Silence to Action: Building East Africa’s Liver Cancer Advocacy Movement — Bridging Awareness, Early Detection, and Diagnosis	Connie Gumo
10:40 – 11:00am	Morning Session Q & A
Tea Break from 11:00 – 11:30am
Session Chair: Dr. Mohamed Ezzi, Co-chair: Dr Adamu Alhassan
11:30 – 11:50am	Patient successfully undergoing treatment for an HPB cancer
11:50am – 12:10pm	Patient undergone successful liver transplant
12:10 – 12:30pm	Patient diagnosed with Hepatitis B or C and undergoing treatment
12:30 – 1:00pm	Discussion on patients’ presentations
Lunch Break from 1:00 – 2:00pm
Afternoon Session — Breakaway Sessions / Group Discussions Session Chair: Dr Riaz Kasmani, Co-chair: Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Kassas
2:00 – 3:00pm	Linking Patients to Care
3:00 – 3:20pm	Group 1 Deliberations
2:00 – 3:00pm	Elimination of Stigma
3:20 – 3:40pm	Group 2 Deliberations
2:00 – 3:00pm	Access to Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis B/C and HPB Cancers in Africa
3:40 – 4:00pm	Group 3 Deliberations
4:00 – 4:30pm	Wrap-up & Tea Break