NCD Alliance Newsletter – 16 November 2017
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Live Your Best Life with CANSA Active
Live Your Best Life with CANSA Active
CANSA is excited to launch our NEW CANSA Active website, where you can find out how to get active and healthy, while having Feel Good Fun.
You also have the opportunity as an individual to truly make a difference for good, by raising awareness of cancer, and funds to help us detect cancer early, and through education programmes, to help reduce cancer risk.
CANSA Active is not about being a star athlete, it’s about being a team player in the fight against cancer!
Don’t forget to tag us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and use the hashtag #CANSAactive while having #FeelGoodFun!
The CANSA Active Way
CANSA Active promotes regular exercise and physical activity which play a major role in leading a healthy balanced lifestyle – aimed at lowering your cancer risk.
Lack of regular exercise and physical activity; being overweight or obese; combined with unhealthy dietary habits and recreational activities, for example, tanning, smoking and drinking, are all factors increasing your cancer risk.
Furthermore, it’s important to be #SunSmart, while you are working up a sweat! Our staff and volunteers attending CANSA Active events, provide free sunscreen to participants and spectators to help protect them from the sun.
Join Our Team
1. Choose an event you enjoy:
Do you enjoy cycling, running or something a little less traditional and adventurous (go wild)? Choose an event after your own heart and represent the #CANSAactive way.
We have listed some events in our calendar for your convenience, but not all events are listed. You may participate in any event to raise funds for CANSA.
2. Get Your CANSA Active Gear
Our CANSA Active branding, sportswear, gear and apparel is predominantly orange, as we believe this colour represents energy and vibrancy – it ignites action and movement!
Orange is also a colour associated worldwide with caution. CANSA Active cautions you to take responsibility for your health by reducing your cancer risk though exercise, physical activity and by protecting yourself from the sun’s harmful rays.
We have running vests, short sleeve shirts, UV wraps, cycling shirts and bib shorts. Check out our vibrant merchandise and place your order here…
3. Raise Funds Online:
Our CANSA Active Campaign also gives you the opportunity to raise funds online, while participating in your favourite event.
Create your own Online Fundraising Page for one of our CANSA Active Online Fundraising Projects:
CANSA Active – Cycle or CANSA Active – Go Wild or CANSA Active – Run
Invite your social & business contacts to show their support by making an online donation on your fundraising page.
Start Training for Upcoming Events:
Impi Challenge & Festival
18 November 2017: The IMPI Challenge offers exhilarating obstacles, mud, music and an amazing festival experience. Categories cater for a variety of fitness levels: elite athletes, runners of all abilities, or kids and families looking for a fun experience.
Although our entries are sold out, come support participants and visit our CANSA Active stand for your free sunscreen, and purchase CANSA Active merchandise.
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You can also help the Iloveboobies teams raise money to bring Mobile Health Clinics to remote areas for early breast cancer detection. They will be selling their new must-have design socks at most events, be on the lookout for them! You can also order online at www.iloveboobies.co.za. Read more about the fearless members of the Iloveboobies team, their participation in the upcoming Cape Epic and other events.
94.7 Cycle Challenge
19 November 2017: we have 90 cyclists cycling for us, and have a hospitality area for the cyclists, where free sunscreen will be provided.
11 March 2018: Join our CANSA Active team and ride the 2018 Cape Town Cycle Tour to help support CANSA.Cost: R2 000 which includes a CANSA goodie bag and cycle shirt. NOTE: Entries close at the end of January 2018. For more info contact Stefan Brink: [email protected]
Two Oceans Marathon
30 – 31 March 2018: Entries opened and closed soon after 1 November due to high demand – if you’ve missed the boat – we have up to 80 entries available. Contact Stephan Brink, [email protected] to pre-book, on a first paid, first entered basis. Participants can get entries directly from CANSA. Read more…
Jacques Slabber and the Runners Against Cancer team will yet again be participating in the Two Oceans Half Marathon to raise funds for CANSA. View video here and make an online donation to support this phenomenal team.
See what motivates Jacques and team mates to raise awareness and funds in the fight against cancer.
Thank You Purple Orchid Project Team
The ‘Purple Orchid Project’ comprises a motley crew of 11 friends that cycled in support of CANSA, from Johannesburg to Durban, from the 17 – 22 October 2017. Their purpose was to raise funds and awareness, specifically regarding testicular cancer for CANSA’s Men’s Health initiatives that focus on men’s cancers. They have to date raised a whopping R53K!
The Purple Orchid was born when Sybrandt Fouché was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2016. “My wife felt that it’s just as important for men to go for check-ups, as a woman, and following a random visit to the urologist, the cancer was detected. Three months later, and it might have been too late. Men generally do not like talking about cancer, let alone testicular cancer – until it knocks on your own door,” he says.
“The ribbon for all cancer is a deep purple, however, the recognisable colour for testicular cancer is orchid (light purple). Orchids were once called “ballcocks, dogstones” and similar names, because their roots resemble the human testicle. The name “Orchid” derives from Orchis, the Greek word for “testicle” – hence the Purple Orchid Project.” Read full story here…
Support these brave cyclists and CANSA by making an online donation, before their fundraiser closes in two months’ time.
Get In Touch
We are always looking for energetic volunteers to assist us at our many events. Should you wish to do so, or require more information regarding a particular event, please contact your closest CANSA Active Co-ordinator:
- Gauteng and Mpumalanga – Stefan Brink (National Manager):
[email protected] | cell: 083 279 3563 - KZN – Tess Tjasink: [email protected] | cell: 083 641 5425
- Western and Eastern Cape – Johann Klindt: [email protected] | cell: 073 909 6512
- Other Provinces: [email protected] (weekdays, office hours 08:00-16:30)
WHO GCM/NCD Newsletter – 7 April 2017
Dialogue Meetings
First pre-Dialogue stakeholder meeting on NCDs and youth during the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA) General Assembly, Budva, Montenegro
2-8 March – The International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA) hosted a pre-Dialogue caucus meeting on NCDs and youth. The meeting was held during the IFMSA General Assembly that was held in Budva, Montenegro this year. The event engaged medical students from all parts of the world to increase awareness and encourage advocacy and meaningful youth participation at all levels of society on NCDs. It focused on NCDs as a global burden and the role of medical education and medical students to be prepared to tackle NCDs in the SDG era. The NCD Youth Caucus is a pre-Dialogue stakeholder meeting leading up to the Global Dialogue meeting organized by WHO and hosted by the Government of Uruguay on 18-20 October 2017 in Montevideo.
One result of the NCD Youth Caucus was the Budva Youth Declaration: A Call to Action on Noncommunicable Diseases. The main call to action of the declaration is to increase financial investments to address NCDs in order to curb the economic and social impact of these diseases and to strengthen the curriculum to increase the preparedness for medical students to become future responders of the NCDs through public health measures in a multisectoral and multistakeholder environment.
Ministries of Health throughout the Caribbean have committed to improve cervical cancer prevention and control. The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) is an NCD alliance that works with national governments and Cancer Societies throughout the region. In Belize and Jamaica, where the Ministry of Health provides cervical cancer screening in primary care centres, the HCC has initiated projects with local NGOs on cervical cancer prevention amongst vulnerable, disadvantaged women. These initiatives were initially financed by an Australian Direct Aid Programme but following their success have also received funding from UNESCO. This strengthened the capacity of civil society organizations in both countries, thereby extending the reach of public health services and improving access for the earlier detection of cervical cancer.
This photo was taken in the context of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (WHO GCM/NCD) Dialogue on mobilizing international cooperation on NCDs, held on Monday 30 November and Tuesday 1 December 2015. It is part of a series of photographs exhibit existing efforts to combat cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and their risk factors through the framework of North-South, South-South, and triangular cooperation. The stories are drawn from across three of the WHO regions and demonstrate the diversity of possible tools and resources available to tackle NCDs.
For more information please visit: http://who.int/ncds/gcm/en
Communities of Practice
NCDs and the Next Generation
The first virtual discussion conducted on the WHO GCM/NCD Community of Practice (CoP) on ‘NCDs and the Next Generation’ was held between 14 and 15 March 2017. Over 100 members signed-up, spanning 35 countries and territories, and encompassing all six WHO regions. Participants included members of civil society, academics, researchers, doctors, medical students, patients and other stakeholders interested in generating collaborative discussion and action toward 2018 focused on engaging the emerging and future leaders in health.
The next virtual discussion is being held between 6 and 7 April 2017 to coincide with the World Congress on Public Health. A summary of the first discussion will be shared during this discussion and the following three themes will be addressed moving forward:
- Communication: how to communicate effectively about NCDs; communication as a tool to beat NCDs; and current NCD campaign models,
- CoP action plan (outcome document): what are our expectations for this document? Ideas include a timeline leading up to 2018, calls to action, advocacy tools, a background to NCDs and UN processes, and the different roles of actors,
- The perception of youth: challenges and opportunities in intergenerational collaboration to beat NCDs.
Register your interest here to participate in the discussion and join a closed network of individuals with professional/academic experience, expertise in volunteering, or advocacy for the right to protection from NCDs and their risk factors.
More information on the WHO GCM/NCD Communities of Practice
Register to become a member of the Community of Practice
NCDs and me – Join the campaign by sharing your story
News and Events
GCM/NCD at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, New York
21 March – The 61st Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in New York hosted an interactive panel discussion, “Expanding women’s and adolescents’ health: Integrating noncommunicable diseases through a lifecourse approach”.
The event was organized and co-sponsored by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on NCD, Colombia, Japan, Zambia, Every Woman Every Child, UNICEF, NCD Child, Conference of NGOs in consultative relationship with the UN (CoNGO), and the Taskforce on Women and NCDs. The event was well attended with approximately 120 participants. The distinguished speakers included the First Lady of the Republic of Zambia, and the Ambassadors to the UN in New York of Colombia and Japan.
More information on the side event
CSW 61 Statement delivered on behalf of WHO
Seminar on human rights at the 8th meeting of the UN Interagency Task Force
20 February – The GCM/NCD co-organized a seminar on noncommunicable diseases and human rights with the United Nations Interagency Task Force that was held on 20 February 2017 at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) before the start of the 8th meeting of the UN Interagency Task Force 21-23 February 2017.
The seminar explored how human rights are relevant to the response to NCDs and highlighted areas where action may be needed with a view to facilitating the development of more specific guidance on how human rights may be more integrated into the response to NCDs and the development of more specific guidance for UN agencies.
More information and background documents here
Save the Date – Informal Breakfast for Participants: How the WHO GCM/NCD adds value now and in the future, Seventieth World Health Assembly
The WHO GCM/NCD is hosting an informal breakfast in the margins of the 70th World Health Assembly on Thursday, 25 May 2017. The breakfast will convene various stakeholders and participants of the Mechanism from Member States, NGOs, the United Nations, Philanthropy, the Private Sector and Academia.
Collectively with Dr Bente Mikkelsen, Head of the Secretariat for the GCM/NCD, participants and selected key note speakers will respond to the added value of the GCM/NCD now and in the future. They will also reflect on the renewed strategic focus necessary to ensure the GCM/NCD can be utilised to its fullest potential towards achieving the targets outlined by the Global NCD Action Plan 2013–2020 and Goal 3.4 of the Sustainable Development Agenda.
The breakfast will be held between 7.00 and 8.45 at the Restaurant of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
For more information please note the official Save the Date with invitations to follow.
RSVP via the following link
CANSA – Newsletter February 2017
CYCLING FROM CARLETONVILLE TO CAPE TOWN FOR CANSA
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The first quarter of 2017 will see 14 cyclists participating in the Carletonville to Cape Town cycle tour to raise funds and awareness for the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) in the Association’s 85th anniversary year. “It’s not just about cycling for these riders,” says Lucy Balona, CANSA’s Head of Marketing and Communication. “Almost without exception, each participant has been affected by cancer in some way. This is their way of making a difference for cancer survivors by not only raising funds, but also raising awareness of how to lower the cancer risk and to show support for cancer survivors.” Balona, who will be taking part says that it’s this type of passion and participation that CANSA encouraged on World Cancer Day on Saturday, 4 February. “The theme of the three-year World Cancer Day campaign is ‘We Can, I Can’ and explores how everyone, individually or in teams, can help to reduce the impact of cancer on individuals, families and communities.” Riding 1 500 km’s – Cape Town 25 February to 8 March 2017 Cancer survivors will be top of mind for the team of riders who are going to cycle close to 1 500km in 12 days. Organiser Navarre Kruger, who is based in Carletonville says that the team, who is funding itself, has raised almost R200 000 through sponsorships and donations. “We still have a short while to go, and we’re confident that we’ll beat the targets set by the team”, he says. This money will go to CANSA’s care and support services, including the CANSA Care Centre in Carletonville. (http://www.cansa.org.za/cansa-care-centres-contact-details/) The tour, with its two back-up vehicles sponsored by Tempest Car Hire and South32 and support members, will leave Carletonville on 25 February and will arrive in Cape Town on8 March. After a few days of rest, they will then tackle the Cape Town Cycle Tour on 12 March. To see the list of riders and route, please visit: (http://www.cansa.org.za/files/2017/01/Carletonville-to-CPT-CANSA-Cycle-Tour-2017-Journey-Plan.pdf) The team has been getting fit for the event, with weekly team spinning classes, social rides over weekends and some members successfully completing to date, the Telkom 947 Cycle challenge, PPA Mangaung Cycle Tour, Amashova Durban Classic Race, BestMed Satellite Classic as well as the Springbok Plant Hire Wind Down Challenge. Generous sponsors to date include South32, Life Occupational Health Services, KWS, Kuvula Trade, Actom, ABB, Ergomax, Amayez and QMuzik. Balona and Kruger may be contacted for more information on the tour and how to support it on 076 620 6785 or email [email protected]. Donations can be made securely and easily online at https://www.givengain.com/ap/2017CANSACycleTour/ ENDS FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact Lucy Balona, Head: Marketing and Communication at CANSA at[email protected]; or on 011 616 7662 or 082 459 5230. Visit www.cansa.org.za or contact CANSA toll-free 0800226622 or at [email protected]. Follow CANSA on Twitter: @CANSA (http://www.twitter.com/@CANSA), on Instagram (http://instagram.com/cancerassociationofsouthafrica) and join CANSA on Facebook:CANSAThe Cancer Association of South Africa ABOUT CANSA CANSA offers a unique integrated service to the public and to all people affected by cancer. As a leading role-player in cancer research (more than R12 million spent annually), the scientific findings and knowledge gained from our research are used to realign our health programmes, as well as strengthen our watchdog role to the greater benefit of the public. Our health programmes comprise health and education campaigns; CANSA Care Centres that offer a wide range of care and support services to those affected by cancer; stoma and other clinical support and organisational management; medical equipment hire, as well as a toll-free line to offer information and support. We also supply patient care and support in the form of 12 CANSA Care Homes in the main metropolitan areas for out-of-town cancer patients; a hospitium based in Polokwane; and CANSA-TLC lodging for parents and guardians of children undergoing cancer treatment. |