The University of Dhaka marked the third annual Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action with a seminar and awareness rally co-organized by its Department of Public Health and the Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives (ideSHi).
Led by Dr Firdausi Qadri, the event engaged students and faculty across academic departments and was attended by university leadership including the Dean of the Faculty of Biological Sciences and the Vice Chancellor. Dr Qadri shared a keynote address outlining WHO’s Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem and offered insights on the current landscape and efforts to achieve the 90–70–90 targets in Bangladesh. As a co-lead of the Global Declaration to Eliminate Cervical Cancer, she further encouraged participants to join the movement by signing the declaration and taking action within their communities.