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Building political support to fight cancer Hildrun Sundseth ECPC Head of EU Policy. Cancer is Everyone’s Concern. Cancer remains a major contributor to the burden of disease in Europe The number of cancer cases in Europe continue to rise each year - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Building political support to fight cancer
Hildrun SundsethECPC Head of EU Policy
Cancer is Everyone’s Concern• Cancer remains a major contributor to the burden of
disease in Europe• The number of cancer cases in Europe continue to rise
each year • The cost in human, social and economic terms is
enormous
Cancer Care: Complex and Expensive
Need for sustained investment• Human resources• Physical structures • Knowledge resources• Social resources• Research
Present Situation• Health care in many EU countries is fragmented• Inefficiencies, bureaucracy, lack of co-ordination, vested
interests• Primary/secondary care, many professional disciplines,
stakeholders and institutions • Health care reform may lead to more fragmentation,
under-serving the people most in need • Lack of strategic approach to cancer
The Battle Plan: Comprehensive Strategy and united Actors
• Common comprehensive plan/strategy• Allies and experts• Ability to present a united front• Mobilise all of society• EU Task force to guide, collaborate and
coordinate
The Battle Plan• Invest in primary prevention
– Ban smoking in public places– Reduce life-style risk factors – Create clean environments
• Secondary prevention– Implement evidence and population-based screening programmes
• Integrated cancer control centered on the patient– Diagnose early, refer quickly, treatment plan, – Work in Multi-disciplinary teams, provide psycho-social care
• Invest in Research
The EU level - Strategic• Develop coherent European measures that complement national
policies• Integrate health in all policies - get rid of silo mentality of institutions• Coordinate and share best practice • Develop evidence based policies and guidelines• Fund research on cancer epidemiology, detection, diagnosis,
treatment, palliative care and psycho-social care, translational research and rare cancers
• European Centres of Excellence/Reference
Making Cancer a Priority• Europe against Cancer Programme ended 2002• Council Recommendation on Cancer Screening 2003• EU new Health Strategy - Prevention• MEPs against Cancer started in 2005• MAC Statement and EP Written Declaration• European Parliament Resolution• Slovenian EU Presidency initiative
MAC Members
MAC Members
Caroline Lucas
Fiona Hall Prof. Antonios Trakatellis
Milan Cabrnoch Marian Harkin Irena Belohorska Franςoise Grossetête Jan Olbrycht
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Linda McAvan
MAC Members
Miroslav Ouzky Jaroslav Zvěřina Edite Estrela Glenis Willmot Jolanta Dickute Colm Burke Marios Matsakis Christel Schaldemose
D. Roth-Behrendt Alexander Radwan Satu Hassi Magor Csibi Elisabeth Morin Ingo Friedrich Ilda Figueiredo Dragos Florin David
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June 2008
Si.nergy for Europe
Thank you Slovenia Thank you All
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