*Cervical cancer (64) Save the date: WHO-HIFA Webinar on understanding information needs to improve uptake of cervical cancer screening and treatment, 19 November 2026

1 November, 2026

Dear HIFA colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you for an upcoming webinar on understanding information needs to improve uptake of cervical cancer screening and treatment, an online event hosted as part of the ongoing joint initiative by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD), the WHO Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative (CCEI) and Healthcare Information For All (HIFA)

Date: Thursday, 19 November 2026

Time: 13:00–14:00 Geneva time (CET)

Format: Online (Zoom)

The webinar is part of the six-week global online HIFA discussion to better understand the information needs, perceptions and misinformation that shape whether women are screened and treated for cervical cancer. The event will feature emerging themes from the first phase of the HIFA global forum, and offer space for additional input and exchange. Register and join to share your perspectives!

Register here: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j9pZp0reSjSQGAvi8rhwtg#/registra...

The HIFA forum discussion runs until 30 November.

Please share this invitation with your networks and invite them to register for the webinar and the ongoing HIFA forum discussion: www.hifa.org/join

A draft agenda is available here: https://www.hifa.org/sites/default/files/articles/webinar-understanding-...

Best wishes, Neil

WHO-HIFA Cervical cancer working group

www.hifa.org/cervicalcancer

HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org

Author: 
Neil Pakenham-Walsh