City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) shared on LinkedIn:
“Postcards from World Health Summit | Berlin.
What does a gender-responsive health system look like in practice?
On the sidelines of the World Health Summit in Berlin, City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) and Siemens Healthineers co-hosted an executive roundtable to explore exactly that.
The starting point was the findings of the gender consultations held in three cities of the C/Can network (Tbilisi, León and Nairobi) and the ongoing implementation research initiative, which focuses on how women experience cancer as patients, caregivers, professionals and providers.
This joint effort began in 2024, when C/Can launched its Women and Health strategy.
Members of the C/Can Global Gender Group (CGGG) sat down with a remarkably diverse set of voices, including representatives of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization, the IOM – UN Migration, implementation research, youth and the private sector.
One message came through clearly: building gender-responsive health systems means building systems that are centred on people.
As one participant put it, ‘when health systems are designed for the hardest to reach, they will be better for everyone.’
Systems that work better for women deliver quality care for all.
Thank you to our CGGG members for sharing their expertise: Miriam Mutebi, Julia Ismael, Carolina Goic, Nana Mebonia, Elia Lara Lona and Nwamaka Lasebikan.
Your insights from the ground up are key drivers of this work.
We would also like to thank Global Focus on Cancer (a US charitable organisation supported by donations from Eli Lilly and Company), Amgen, Roche and Siemens Healthineers for the strategic support that made all of this possible.
Thank you to everyone who joined us.
We look forward to continuing the conversation.”
“Gender-responsive health systems are people-centred health systems. By listening to women as patients, caregivers and health workers in Tbilisi, León and Nairobi, we are learning what quality cancer care for all really takes.” – Meritxell Mallafré-Larrosa, Technical Manager, Research Lead, C/Can
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