Inequalities Network Meeting

Inequalities Network Meeting

Friday 3 May 2024 at 14:30-16:00 CEST
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82256339465

Suzanne Denieffe and Margaret Denny – COST Action CA21123 CANCER- UNDERSTANDING PREVENTION IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (CUPID) – Inequalities Network Meeting Presentation

Agenda

14:30 – 14:40 Welcome to Network participants and Update on recent Network activities – Nicolò Battisti, Network Co-Chair and Mike Morrissey, Chief Executive

14:40 – 15:00 Presentation of Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide – Dr Freddie Bray, Head of the Cancer Surveillance Branch, IARC

15:00 – 15:25 Spotlight on cancer inequalities affecting people with disabilities

  • Presentation of the CUPID project – Dr Suzanne Denieffe, Chair of CUPID project and Dr Margaret Denny, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maribor
  • Civil society work in the field – Markaya Henderson, Health Policy & Project Officer, EDF
  • Ongoing discussions on the EU disability card – Marion L’Hôte, Policy Officer

15:25 – 15:40 Women and Cancer: Launch of new workstream

  • Professor Paola Anna Erba, President Elect, EANM
  • Marion L’Hôte, ECO Policy Officer
  • Silvia Romeo, ECO Policy Officer

15:40– 15:55 Updates on the European Cancer Pulse and Inequalities Network workstream activities

  • European Cancer Pulse – Norbert Couespel, Senior Coordinator, Policy Research and EU Projects
  • LGBTQI+ workstream – Nicolò Battisti, LGBTQI+ workstream co-chair
  • Men and Cancer – Peter Baker, Men and Cancer workstream co-chair
  • Other workstreams – Enea Venegoni, Policy Research Officer, and Marion L’Hôte, Policy Officer

15:55- 16:00 Summary, Conclusions and Next Steps – Nicolò Battisti, Network Co-Chair and Mike Morrissey, Chief Executive