‘All against cancer’initiative of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), member of we are patientsto create a social movement that involves people, companies and institutions around the fight against oncological diseases, has been declared by the Government Event of Exceptional Public Interest (AEIP).
As the organization recalls, “cancer is the most important social and health problem of Spain and the world. According to our Observatory It is expected that by 2030 there will be more than 330,000 new cases in our country, with a diagnosis every 1.8 minutes. This means that one in three women y one in two men They will have this disease throughout their lives.
Hence the importance of the new initiativewhich will be presented on February 2 as part of the celebration, two days later, of the world cancer dayand with which it seeks to reverse these figures and improve the survival y quality of life from the patients.
Specifically, “the great challenge will be to achieve a rate of 70% survival in the year 2030. To achieve this we need the help and mobilization of All societyWell, cancer it will affect us all to a greater or lesser extent in a direct or indirect way at some point in our lives. only if we are United we will be able to change this future”, points out Ramon Reyespresident of the Association.
Join forces
The cost associated with cancer in our country rises to €19.3 billion40% of which are indirect and derive from the lost productivity both patients and their families. And it is that a third of the diagnoses correspond to people in working agewho are forced to change, abandon or even lose their jobs. It is for this reason that ‘Todos contra el cáncer’ aims to involve, in addition to the public, the companies in the fight against cancer.
In this regard, it is worth highlighting the benefits in tax breaks for companies that collaborate in the communication of the initiative. In addition, he points out Spanish Novembergeneral director of the AECC, “with its declaration as AEIP it is intended to promote the necessary public-private collaboration that allows the achievement of such important challenges around cancer through a model of tax patronage”.
It’s more; ‘Todos contra el cáncer’ also seeks to promote the awareness and mobilization of citizenship, associationspublic and private entities, scientists, doctors, patients, relativesmedia and social leaders on the importance of add efforts and resources against this big problem. And, for this, his projects will focus on four fundamental pillars: disclosure, attention to the sick person and his family, prevention e research of cancer.
– Today, 88 patient associations dedicated to cancer are already active members of Somos Pacientes. And yours?
