The CANCERLESS project is coming to an end, and it is coming to an end during the European Week Against Cancer, which highlights the importance of addressing disparities in cancer care, especially for underserved populations such as People Experiencing Homelessness (PEH). Cancer-related mortality is twice as high for PEHs compared to the general population, due to…
DetailsIn the public health policy arena, transformative change is underway to address the health care disparities faced by vulnerable populations, particularly people experiencing homelessness (PEH). The urgent call to action outlined in recent policy recommendations highlights key pathways for policy, service and societal changes to improve the accessibility and quality of cancer care for marginalised…
DetailsDate: March 19, 2024 Time: 16:00-18:00 CET Location: Room 6Q1, European Parliament, Brussels Hosted by: Mr. Stelios Kympouropoulos, Member of the European Parliament, European People’s Party, New Democracy (Greece) Organiser: FEANTSA (European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless) Speakers: Mr. Stelios Kympouropoulos – MEP, European People’s Party, New Democracy (Greece), Mr. Freek Spinnewijn…
DetailsImproving Access to Cancer Screening and Prevention among People Experiencing Homelessness. 📅 Tuesday, March 19th ⏰16:00 – 18:00 CET 📍Room 6Q1 European Parliament (Brussels) This meeting is organised by FEANTSA in collaboration with Mr. Stelios Kympouropoulos, Member of the European Parliament, European People’s Party, New Democracy (Greece). The objective of this meeting is…
DetailsIn a review published in The Lancet Public Health our project partners from the Center for Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna and The International Foundation for Integrated Care, outline the current state of knowledge on cancer risk factors among people experiencing homelessness and the barriers and facilitators for accessing cancer prevention among…
DetailsOECD’s 2024 High-Level Policy Forum, Paris France On January 22nd, our colleague Irfan Lone from FEANTSA, represented the Cancerless Project at the OECD High-Level Policy Forum on the Future of People-Centred Health Innovation, held in Paris. This significant event brought together an extensive array of stakeholders and policymakers from OECD member states, candidate member states,…
DetailsThe European Cancer Summit 2023 took place on November 15th and 16th at Brussels. the summit brings together experts from cancer community from Europe and beyond to discuss latest updates in cancer care from sustainable patient-centred policies, advocacy to research. The theme for this year’s summit was “Accelerating Momentum: A manifesto to 2030 “, highlighting the…
DetailsOur project partners have recently published the first empirical paper in EClinicalMedicine, part of The Lancet Discovery Science. This groundbreaking study is the result of extensive research conducted across four European countries, involving 69 interviews with both PEH and professionals working in the field.
PRAKSIS NGO with the support of Prolepsis Institute in Greece participate in CANCERLESS, providing access to early diagnosis of cancer and innovative solutions improving the access of the homeless population to public healthcare settings.
A flagship initiative of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan The European Cancer Inequalities Registry offers up-to-day information on cancer prevention and treatment to discover differences, inequalities and disparities between Member States and regions.
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