Bente Mikkelsen: Coming together to turn commitment into reality and eliminate cervical cancer

Bente Mikkelsen shared on LinkedIn:

“Amazing session this morning to talk to countries, experts and advocates about how we can come together to turn commitment into reality and eliminate cervical cancer. Engaging conversation from the panel: Benda Kithaka, Karen Nakawala, Lisa Huang, Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga, Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu.

They shared some of the challenges we face in advocacting for strong actions on cervical cancer, but also highlighted the amazing works that are done in countries, including engaging religious leaders to deliver important messages on HPV vaccination and the prevention of cervical cancer.

Thank you all for this important conversation. And we look forward to seeing all of your work highlighted this year on November 17 Cervical Cancer elimination day of action.”

Source: Bente Mikkelsen/LinkedIn

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Bente Mikkelsen is the  Director of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) at WHO Headquarters in Geneva and was previously Director for Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Europe. She also headed the secretariat for the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on Noncommunicable Diseases. Trained as a Gynecologist and Obstetrician, her primary focus now is aligning efforts toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals by reducing premature deaths from NCDs and employing innovation and collaboration across sectors.