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Innovative Breast Cancer Awareness and Advocacy Campaign

Breast cancer is a major disease in Nigeria; in 2012, 27,304 new occurrences were diagnosed, and the number of mortalities was 13,960. Greater than 70% of patients present with advanced disease, which has a poor survival outcome. The mortality rates are high mainly because of a lack of awareness about breast health, screening guidelines, and treatment centers, and because of sociocultural barri...

Mouth, head & neck cancer awareness campaign.

Sir A campaign to promote awareness of mouth, head and neck cancer in Ireland began in 2010. This campaign was initiated primarily by a group of cancer survivors, the Irish Dental Health Foundation, Irish Cancer Society and the university dental schools in Cork and Dublin. The first Mouth Cancer Awareness Day (MCAD) was held at the Cork and Dublin Dental University Hospitals in September 2010. ...

The PBS community awareness campaign: how helpful is blaming patients?

The current "Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) community awareness campaign" explicitly links the difficulties facing the PBS to patient behaviour and "waste". The campaign suggests that patients are taking advantage of affordable access to prescription medicines, and emphasises that patient responsibility is "the prescription for a healthy PBS". By neglecting to inform the public that the p...

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: raising awareness to reduce mortality

Sepsis affects 18 million people worldwide every year, and on average each case costs more than US$22 000 to treat. Despite this there is no consensus on the clinical definition of sepsis, and successful diagnosis and treatment is difficult. The Barcelona Declaration, issued by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign in October 2002, outlines a six-point plan to reduce the relative mortality of sepsis by...

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