In November 2005 the Second Central and Eastern Europe Cancer Patients Advocacy Groups Summit took place in Warsaw (Poland). After a first successful conference in 2004, the second CEE (Central & Eastern Europe) Summit continued the exchange of information and sharing of best practice between the newly developing patient groups of Central & Eastern Europe and those more advanced from Western Europe.

The meeting programme has been put together by ECPC, the Polish Foundation for Humanitarian Aid "RES HUMANAE" and The Institute for Patients’ Rights & Health Education. The Congress was attended by over 230 delegates from 68 organizations representing 14 countries in Europe.

The Warsaw Declaration, produced and endorsed at the Summit, stresses the need to make high-quality, up-to-date prevention, treatment and care equally attainable throughout Europe, especially in the more disadvantaged CEE member states. Please join action and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (please provide your organisation name and contact name). It will be a most useful instrument for cancer patients, their health professionals and all those in support to lobby national governments for improving cancer control.

More information on the Warsaw Summit 2005

• The Warsaw Declaration
  in English, with signatories - in Polish - in German - in Greek - in Dutch
• ECPC Press Release "Warsaw Declaration"
• CEE Summit 2005 Agenda
• CEE Summit Newsletter

1st Warsaw CEE Cancer Patient Summit 2004

The 1st Summit of Cancer Patient Organizations from Central and Eastern Europe was held in the Sofitel Victoria hotel in Warsaw, Poland on 26-28th November 2004. The Summit was organized by Polska Fundacja Pomocy Humanitarnej "Res Humanae" (Polish Foundation for Humanitarian Aid "Res Humanae") and Instytut Praw Pacjenta i Edukacji Zdrowotnej (Institute for Patients’ Rights and Health Education) under the honorary patronage of the First Lady, Mrs. Jolanta Kwaœniewska. The Summit brough together about 200 participants from 18 countries, representing 57 patients’ organizations. Download the report here.