GLOBAL SUMMIT OVERVIEW
The Breast Health Global Initiative's 4th biennial "Global Summit on International Breast Health" was convened in association with the Latin American & Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology (SLACOM) and was endorsed by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) with the goal of addressing breast health and cancer control, and optimizing healthcare delivery in low- and middle- resource countries (LMCs).
Day 1, June 9 Low-resource scenarios in breast delivery
Day 2, June 10 Middle-resource scenarios in breast healthcare delivery
Day 3, June 11 Problem-solving in healthcare delivery
A unique event in the international health community, the 2010 Global Summit provided a forum to examine and report on the effectiveness of breast healthcare delivery in diverse socio-economic settings and to address how existing healthcare resources can most effectively be organized to improve breast health outcomes. The systematic analyses performed during this three-day Summit were guided by the BHGI resource-sensitive comprehensive breast care guidelines for early detection, diagnosis and treatment (Cancer, October 15, 2008 supplement).
Case studies of successful programs from around the world were presented. Special issues of Latin American countries will be highlighted, framed by the special needs survey performed by SLACOM and published with BHGI (Cancer, 113(8 suppl):2359-65, 2008). Model approaches to breast healthcare improvement were developed during the three-day Summit.
SUMMIT CO-CHAIRS:
Benjamin O. Anderson, M.D.
Chair and Director
Breast Health Global Initiative
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor of Surgery & Joint Professor, Dept. of Global Health, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington |
Eduardo Cazap, M.D., Ph.D.
President
SLACOM-Latinamerican & Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology
President Elect
UICC-International Union Against Cancer
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION AT THE GLOBAL SUMMIT
40 Countries represented at the Summit: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Egypt, France, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kashmire, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tajikistan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, West Bank
6 Continents represented at the Summit: Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
22 Countries represented in the Global Summit Poster Session (32 total posters): Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kashmire, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Palestine, South Africa, Tajikistan, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, West Bank