Richard Price, EU Affairs Policy Manager, European Cancer Organisation
With COVID-19 vaccination campaigns continuing apace across Europe, attention to the rebuild ahead is growing. Our ‘Time to Act’ campaign responds in part to this, seeking, among other objectives, to stimulate deeper thinking by policymakers on new ways to do cancer care better in the future.
In European Immunisation Week 2021 (26 April – 2 May), the European Cancer Organisation’s HPV Action Network is calling for the establishment of an HPV Vaccine Tracker to be hosted by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). This monitoring system would provide invaluable information about EU Member States’ progress towards meeting the Beating Cancer Plan’s goal of eliminating the cancers caused by HPV.
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There are considerable disparities between the quality of cancer care and clinical outcomes for cancer patients in different European countries, regions, hospitals and communities. These have persisted despite the introduction of many European and National Cancer Plans, an extensive portfolio of clinical guidelines and the existence of evidence based guidelines for the good practice in planning cancer healthcare systems.
Read moreWe are pleased to present to you our Annual Report. At the European Cancer Organisation, during 2020, we were determined that we would not allow the pandemic to slow down the momentum of implementing our four-year Strategy, establishing nine new Focused Topic Networks of collaboration and consensus building, as well as launching a new brand in addition to a new website. Moreover, we concretised a long lasting tool that we believe to be helpful in improving cancer care and patient rights; the European Code of Cancer Practice translated in over 25 languages.
Read moreWe are pleased to present to you our Annual Report. At the European Cancer Organisation, during 2020, we were determined that we would not allow the pandemic to slow down the momentum of implementing our four-year Strategy, establishing nine new Focused Topic Networks of collaboration and consensus building, as well as launching a new brand in addition to a new website. Moreover, we concretised a long lasting tool that we believe to be helpful in improving cancer care and patient rights; the European Code of Cancer Practice translated in 25 languages.
Read moreSpeaking with Members Societies of the European Cancer Organisation and its Patient Advisory Committee yesterday, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides encouraged all stakeholders in improving cancer care to mobilise towards the achievement of the common vision of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.
Read moreThe European Cancer Organisation (E.C.O.) has published a consensus paper conveying the critical challenges for the cancer workforce in the context of implementing Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The four key challenges are described as:
Read moreAhead of a meeting today with the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, the European Cancer Organisation (E.C.O.) has published a new consensus paper conveying the critical challenges for the cancer workforce in the context of implementing Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The four key challenges are described as:
Read moreThe ambitions of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan require the full participation of primary care to be effective. It is with this strong and shared understanding that the European Cancer Organisation (E.C.O.) and the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Europe announce a new partnership agreement for joint working.
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