Cancer stigma is a great problem in South Africa, it touches all groups, ages and genders and impacts cancer patients daily.
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Friday, April 01, 2016
Activists demand Roche drops cost of vital breast cancer medicine Read more
Thursday, February 05, 2015
Yesterday, on World Cancer Day (4 February 2015), People Living With Cancer – a South African support group representing thousands of patients – publically signed on to support the Fix the Patent Laws campaign. The campaign aims to ensure access to affordable medicines for all people living in South Africa including those affected by cancer. The campaign was started in November 2011 by the Treatment Action Campaign, Doctors without Borders and SECTION27.
“Often the price tags on cancer drugs in this country are unacceptably high. Newer, more effective medicines can be so expensive that sometimes they are completely unavailable to patients in the public sector,” said Linda Greef of People Living With Cancer. Read more
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
A new nine-valent HPV vaccine could prevent up to 90% of cervical cancers.
Wednesday, August 06, 2014
On Monday 28 July at the monthly Cape Town Support Group Meeting, Linda Greeff lead a discussion on Read more
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