CGH Continues Building Partnership with the Commonwealth of Independent States at World Cancer Congress

During the recent World Cancer Congress, the National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health (NCI CGH) staff had the opportunity to follow up with several partners in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The long-term relationships with CIS countries have recently been reinvigorated following the Central Asia Leadership Forum (CALF) that was co-sponsored by NCI CGH and the Uzbekistan National Cancer Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in October 2015. During the CALF, teams from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan focused on specific cancer control actions needed in their respective countries. Cancer registries and palliative care were common areas of interest. Each country team left the session with an action plan that would lead to the development and eventual implementation of a National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP). One year following the CALF, three countries (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan) have finalized their NCCPs.

In two of these countries, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, collaborations have grown to a sufficient level to necessitate formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to outline ongoing areas of collaboration between NCI CGH and Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan institutions, respectively.

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