CASPIAN REGION PROGRAMME
Coordinator: M. Rosselli del Turco, IT


Launched in 2008, the Caspian Programme represents a new challenging initiative from ESO that aims to create a specific programme for those countries that are between Europe and Asia, in particular Kazakhstan, Georgia and Uzbekistan. In these areas particular care will be given to the selection of priorities that correspond to the specific need of each of the countries and of the societies involved. 

The main aim is to focus and to organise teaching educational courses on one type of cancer which is considered a priority issue for the population of each country, and to try to gather participants from all these countries in order to get the attention of a variety of medical communities including specialised doctors, nurses, as well as hospital managers and administrators. An investment in organising educational activities that takes into consideration epidemiology, prevention and treatment can strongly reduce mortality in cancer and cancer related diseases. 

The Caspian Programme intends to be a centre of diffusion for the expertise and latest knowledge in the field of cancer prevention and cure throughout the Eurasian countries, developing a web of scientific relationships and collaborations between cancer specialists in Europe and Asian countries.


For further information regarding these programmes please contact:
Daniela Mengato
ESO Balkans and Caspian Region Programmes
e-mails: balkans@eso.net