By Praseeda Nair2021-04-15T17:40:00+01:00
Brad Gudger, 27, launches Alike, a community support app to combat loneliness among young people with cancer.
Prolonged loneliness is a silent killer, especially for people with cancer. The journey is long, isolating and fraught with complexities, which is why Brad Gudger, a two-time cancer survivor, decided to set up a pioneering cancer community support app, Alike.
Brad was first diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia in 2013, aged 19. Following treatment, the disease relapsed and required more extreme treatment.
While he was isolated in a hospital ward awaiting a bone marrow transplant in 2018, he was inspired to begin work on a revolutionary project that would completely change how people in the cancer community stay connected and tackle loneliness.
Published April 7, 2021, 5:09 PM
Health experts have urged the immediate formation of the cancer council to implement a law to protect cancer patients.
“It is very critical that the National Integrated Cancer Control Act Council has to be organized and convened. Based on the law, the council will act as a policy-making, planning and coordinating body on cancer control attached with DOH (Department of Health). If they are not convened, what is there to fund?” Paul Perez, president of the Cancer Coalition of the Philippines, said in a statement.
Republic Act No. 11215 or the National Integrated Cancer Control Act (NICCA) was signed into law in February 2019, but it remains unimplemented, according to Fatima Lorenzo, president of the Philippine Alliance of Patients Organization.
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The Fix the Patent Law (FTPL) campaign will take to the streets on Thursday to picket at the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) to pressure the department to fix South Africa’s patent law to accelerate access to medicines.
Nonprofit raises thousands of dollars to benefit cancer patients, their families
Published: March 15, 2021 10:14 PM EDT
Updated: March 15, 2021 11:53 PM EDT
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The pandemic has proven challenging for nonprofits raising funds for their missions, but that didn’t stop an organization in Southwest Florida.
Thousands of dollars will go to help cancer patients and their families in Collier County thanks to the Cancer Alliance of Naples event, “Keep on Truckin, ” at Celebration Park in East Naples Monday.
With an auction, entertainment, food and drinks, donations poured in both virtually and in person to the Cancer Alliance of Naples.
Executive Director Jodi Bisogno told us the money is a huge help to those struggling to pay for basic essentials while battling treatment.