Support survivors now!
What is the situation?
Thanks to the great advances in the treatment and care of children with cancer over recent decades, 80% of all patients in Europe are cured!
But the end of treatment is not the end of everything!
Treatment can lead to late effects that survivors are not always aware of. The risk of developing late effects depends greatly on the type of cancer and the treatment received.
There are currently between 300,000 and 500,000 survivors living in Europe. Around 60% of them suffer from physical and psychosocial late effects of treatment, such as cardiovascular problems, anxiety and depression, fertility disorders and second tumours.
Help us raise awareness of the needs of these young people and of their right to adequate, personalised follow-up care, wherever they live.
Why is your support needed?
The aim is to present the signatures collected at an event in the European Parliament in March 2020, to highlight the needs of survivors in Europe.
Only with your signature will CCI (the international confederation of parent and survivor organisations) be able to persuade politicians and decision-makers to provide adequate care for survivors across Europe, so that they can live their lives in the best possible way as full members of society.
About the campaign in detail
Medical professionals and politicians need to face the problems of survivors and understand them in depth. That is why, in October 2018, CCI Europe and the Austrian Childhood Cancer Organisation decided to develop a campaign focused on survivors. The campaign was launched on International Childhood Cancer Day in February 2019 and will continue until the end of this year.
The campaign concept
Raising awareness that after-effects can occur. The campaign informs people about possible after-effects and about various projects and initiatives, and advocates at different levels for a better quality of life for survivors.
Stakeholders
With this campaign we aim to reach all survivors and health professionals, and above all politicians and decision-makers.
Methods
The campaign is spread mainly on social media (Facebook and Twitter). It was launched in February 2019, on 15 February. Every day for two weeks, a post with facts about survivors’ quality of life was published on the Facebook pages of CCI Europe and the Austrian Childhood Cancer Organisation, to raise awareness of late effects and long-term follow-up. From March to August the campaign was reduced to one post a month.
The highlight is the launch of two films in September, which is International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
We encourage you to watch the videos and sign the petition: