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Launch of the European Partnership for Action Against
Cancer
The
European Commission is launching the European Partnership for Action Against Cancer on 29
September 2009 in Brussels. This high-profile event will be
opened by the President of the European Commission José Manuel
Barroso and hosted by Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou.
We
are proud that BrainLife
has been asked to contribute a Cancer Patient/Survivor story from
Italy and to add the patient’s face to the European cancer map of
3,2 million EU citizens diagnosed with cancer each year. This gives
us confidence that the patients’ voice will be listened to and
included when the Partnership develops its actions. These
are outlined in the "Communication Action Against Cancer: European Partnership" which
broadly sets out the
objectives for the initiative.
The overarching aim is to
encourage and support EU member states in their efforts to tackle
cancer by providing a framework.
This is needed to identify and sharing information, capacity
and expertise in cancer prevention and control. With
an ambitious target to reduce new cancer cases by 15% by 2020, we
are hopeful that the initiative receives wide ranging commitment and
support that will save many patients’ lives.
We
congratulate the Commission on having taken such an innovative
Partnership approach to tackle cancer more forcefully across all
countries of the European Union. Given
this unique opportunity to reduce the burden of cancer, our
organization calls on our government, politicians, policymakers and
all stakeholders and sectors of society to participate and work
together as partners.
BrainLife stands ready to contribute its part to
help reduce the burden of cancer.
For
more information about the Cancer Partnership and the Communication
in all EU languages see:
http://ec.europa.eu/health/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_information/dissemination/diseases/cancer_partnership_en.htm
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