The Irish Cancer Society in partnership with the Association of European Cancer Leagues, will host the Official Conference for the European Week Against Cancer in the Aviva stadium Dublin on May 29-30, 2013.
The conference is an asso...
The third regional workshop of EPAAC WP6 [early diagnosis & screening] will be taking place on 3-4 june 2013. The workshop will take place at the Brussles Royal Academy, Belgium. The focus of the workshop will be on implementing breast canc...
The European Partnership for Action Against Cancer (EPAAC) was launched in 2009, after the European Commission published its Communication on Action Against Cancer: European Partnership.
The specificity of the Partnership is that it brings together the efforts of different stakeholders into a joint response to prevent and control cancer. In its initial phase, until early 2014, the work of the Partnership will be taken forward through a Joint Action (cofinanced by the EU Health Programme). The National Institute of Public Health in Slovenia has assumed the role of leader of the EPAAC Joint Action, which encompasses 36 associated partners from across Europe and over 90 collaborating partners.
!!NEW!! To see the EPAAC GANTT chart with all of the latest updates on project milestones and deliverables, please click here.
EPAAC is proud to announce that the online social gaming campaign I’m a Fan of Life was launched on 22 March 2013. The online campaign will consist of 11 fun games on cancer prevention, helping those who play learn how to protect themselves from cancer and live a healthy lifestyle, and provide fantastic prizes as motivation. The Campaign promotes the 11 simple recommendations from the European Code Against Cancer that are aimed at supporting people in adopting a healthier lifestyle and implementing preventive measures for early cancer detection.
What’s in the I’m a Fan of Life campaign? Everyone with a Facebook account can join the competition by playing the games on the EPAAC Facebook site. The games will be provisionally active until late July 2013. Each week, a new game will be launched. Each completed challenge will be awarded with points. Users can also earn points by sharing the game and inviting friends to play. The first 450 users who earn the most points will win a limited-edition t-shirt designed and signed by a fan of life, world skiing champion Tina Maze! Additionally, 50 Tina Maze t-shirts will be given away through prize draws during the duration of the campaign. More information on scoring procedures, prizes and the games can be found here.
The Irish Cancer Society in partnership with the Association of European Cancer Leagues, will host the Official Conference for the European Week Against Cancer in the Aviva stadium Dublin on May 29-30, 2013.
The conference is an associated event of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU and will be officially opened by the Irish Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly T.D.
This two day conference will bring together the best international evidence and public policies that can reduce the risk of cancer. The theme for the conference will be on Healthy Lifestyles for Cancer Prevention (Day 1) and Tobacco Control (Day 2). This conference is free to attend and will be of interest to professionals working in the area of Public Health, Cancer Prevention or Tobacco Control.
Click on the links below for all the details about the Official Conference for the European Week Against Cancer.
We are pleased to make available the meeting agenda and the report for the meeting on 8 to 9 November 2012 on the Psychosocial Oncology Action within EPAAC Work Package 7, Healthcare. The meeting discussed the development of a training programme on communication skills and psychosocial care for European countries with low resources in this area. This action is being carried out by EPAAC Work Package 7 with the help and input of the International Psycho-oncology Society (IPOS).
Please find the agenda here and the meeting report here.
The joint action in the area of comprehensive cancer control will be proposed for the periods from 2014-2017. On 28-29 November 2012 the representatives of EU Member States met in Luxembourg to discuss the content and the organisation of the future joint action. The preparations will continue in the coming months and the final proposal is expected by March 2013.
The information on the current draft proposal is available here.
The contact point is the National Institute of Public Health Slovenia:
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The Project Management Teams of EPAAC and EUCERD held a teleconference on 15 October 2012 discussing potential collaboration between the two EU-funded Joint Actions. Collaboration was found to be warranted particularly between EUCERD and the Healthcare, Information & Data and National Cancer Plans Work Packages in EPAAC in the fields of rare cancers and National Cancer Plans. EUCERD has been added as a collaborating partner of EPAAC and will be discussed at the next EPAAC Steering Committee meeting in Malta.
For the minutes of this teleconference, please click here.
