21/04/2026
HPV is responsible for almost all cervical cancers in Europe and contributes to more than 6 other types of cancers. Overall, it causes about 4.5% of all cancers worldwide.��These diseases are largely preventable.�
Join the European Cancer Organisation, ESGO, & the Romanian Football Federation on 11 May for an event that brings together policymakers, clinicians, patient advocates & public health experts in Bucharest, reflecting our shared “one goal” of HPV-related cancer elimination in Southeast Europe.
👉 https://www.europeancancer.org/events/420:one-region-one-goal.html
🗣️ The event will feature speakers Victor Negrescu, Vice-President of the European Parliament; Michail Okoliyski, the Bulgarian Minister of Health; Prof Radka Argirova of Tokuda Hospital & Bulgarian HPV Coalition; Assoc Prof Ana Banko, University of Belgrade; Vesna Bondžić, ENGAGe and Milica Serbia; Amil Družić, Vice Chair ECO HPV and Hep B Action Network; ESGO Prevention Committee HPV Lead Mihaela Grigore; ENGAGe Co-Chair Murat Gultekin; ESGO Prevention Committee Chair Elmar Joura; Menia Koukougianni, Hellenic Cancer Federation; Simona Parvu, Director General of the National Institute of Public Health Romania; David Winterflood, Director of Noman: Race to End HPV; Richard Price, policy director of the European Cancer Organisation.