
ENGAGe TEENs Project
This project consists of girls and boys from ages 13-19 that work to spread awareness about Human Papillomavirus/HPV, cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine to the youth of the world.
The background of the project is prevention of HPV, including cervical cancer and other HPV related cancers, and getting more teens to get the HPV vaccine. The reason that it should be teens reaching out to other teens is because they understand each other and know how to communicate with each other. Teens connect with and listen to their peers more than they would with adults.
If you are interested in joining the ENGAGe TEENs or if you have any questions, you are more than welcome. Please contact us by e-mail at: engage@esgo.org.
Watch presentation about ENGAGe TEENs at the Patient Advocacy Seminar 2021 in Prague by Selin Bayrakli - Past Project leader HERE
We are ENGAGe TEENs:

Esra Urkmez
Project supervisor, Mentor
Dance With Cancer
USA

Francesco Di Fino
Project leader
Country head
Italy
My name is Francesco, I am a high school junior from Italy.
I joined this project because I find this cause fundamental for a physical and psychological well being that starts from the adolescence.
People our age don't know about the risks towards they go due to scarce information and prejudices.
It's also important to underline the fact that teens tend to ignore the whole matter because of their being scared and don't want to face a reality that they feel distant.
As teens, through a peer to peer education, using culture and social medias as tools, we want to make our friends understand the importance of the prevention we are talking about, together with their families, making it a close and reachable reality, as it is. We will also create a possibility for people in need for listening to confront with professional figures and others living the same situations, so to help them face them.
We believe that we can build a stable web of information and positivity towards a common goal: a more free, healthy and aware growth.

Anika Adámková
Country head
Czech Republic

Petra Adámková
Mentor
ONKO UNIE
Czech Republic

Amalie Lemley Boetter
Country head
Denmark

Birthe Lemley
Mentor
KIU
Denmark

Mako Museridze
Country head
Georgia

Ekaterine Sanikidze
Mentor
GPU/ GynOnco Group
Georgia

Vivien Böjte
Country head
Hungary

Icó Tóth
Mentor
Mallow Flower Foundation
Hungary

Jázmin Nagy
Mallow Teens
Hungary

Valentina Lombardi
Mentor
ACTO Sicilia
Italy

Defne Akbulut
Country head
Turkey

Nuket Bilgen
Mentor
Dance with Cancer
Turkey

Eda Isi
School club head
Turkey

Yeşim Tunçer
Mentor
Pi Women's Cancer Charity
Turkey, United Kingdom

Margaryta Lyzogub
Country head
Ukraine

Natalia Khandobina
Mentor
FENIX
Ukraine

Doga Uzel
Country head
Canada

Saleem Kerem Khan
Country head
United Kingdom
HPV Experts behind ENGAGe TEENs:

Prof. Murat Gultekin, Turkey
ENGAGe Past Co-Chair
Turkish Ministry of Health, Cancer Control Department
Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Training
and Research Hospital, Ankara

Icó Tóth, Hungary
ENGAGe Past Co-Chair
Mallow Flower Foundation

Dr. Maja Pakiz, Slovenia
University Medical Centre Maribor
Materials for downloading:
Comics by ENGAGe TEENs
For more language versions click HERE
Educational materials
For more language versions click HERE
Summer Course - webinar on cervical cancer
Membership
Meetings
Introduction Meeting on 20th March 2021 - presentation
Introduction Meeting on 20th March 2021 - video
Meeting on 20th May 2021 - presentation
Meeting on 20th May 2021 - video
Mentors and Country Heads Meeting on 19th February 2022 - presentation
Mentors and Country Heads Meeting on 19th February 2022 - video
