Sponsored session - Lived Experiences in Cancer Care: Transformative Force or Passing Fad?

Room 8 (level 0)
Sponsored session

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Session organised by MSD

Chaired by Jeff Dunn, President, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) (Australia)

Presentations:

1. Lived Experiences in Cancer Care: Transformative Force or Passing Fad? - Jeff Dunn, President, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) (Australia)

2. Lived Experiences in Cancer Care: Transformative Force or Passing Fad? - Carolyn Taylor, Global Focus on Cancer (United States)

3. The lived experience in advocacy: - Benda Kithaka, Kilele Health Association (Kenya)

4. What are we doing to include the lived experience? - Hesham El Ghazaly, Ain Shams University (Egypt)

5. What are we doing to include the lived experience? - Katia De Pinho Campos, World Health Organization (Switzerland)

6. What are we doing to include the lived experience? - Linda Kollmar, MSD (United States)

7. What are we doing to include the lived experience? - Rana Ghafary, King Hussein Cancer Foundation (Jordan)

Theme
6. People living with cancer
Objectives
Are you curious about the growing emphasis on lived experiences in healthcare? Join us at the World Cancer Congress for a thought-provoking session that invites you to explore this evolving topic. We’ll dive into an engaging debate on whether integrating patient experiences into cancer care decision-making is a lasting innovation or just a short-lived trend.  Following the debate, we will share groundbreaking best practices that are reshaping the future of cancer care. Engage with an interview-style panel featuring a diverse group of stakeholders, including representatives from WHO, civil organizations, policymakers and the private sector. Discover how these insights are making a tangible impact and learn how you can apply them to enhance patient outcomes in your own work.Whether you're skeptical, intrigued, or passionate about the role of lived experiences in healthcare, this session is designed for you. Come with an open mind and leave with fresh perspectives and actionable strategies. Don’t miss out on being part of this crucial conversation at the forefront of healthcare innovation!
MSDFor more than a century, MSD, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, has been inventing for life, bring forward medicines and vaccines for the world’s most challenging diseases. MSD is a trade name of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., USA. Through their prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products, they work with customers and operate in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions. MSD also demonstrates their commitment to increasing access to healthcare through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. Today, MSD continues to be at the forefront of research to advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and communities around the world - including cancer, cardio-metabolic diseases, emerging animal diseases, Alzheimer’s disease and infectious diseases including HIV and Ebola.

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