Prevent Cancer Foundation awards $300,000 in global cancer prevention grants

Jan 18, 2023

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凯拉·梅斯特
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弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市 – The Prevent Cancer Foundation^® announces funding for two new cancer prevention and early detection projects in low- or middle-income countries. Programs in Haiti and Kenya will leverage two-year, $150,000 grants to increase breast and cervical cancer screening and education and HPV vaccination. The Foundation is proud to support these projects through its global grants program, which focuses on addressing the increasing global cancer burden by assessing innovative technologies, delivering services and providing education to improve or expand quality cancer screening and prevention.

The projects will address breast and cervical cancer in Haiti and cervical cancer in Kenya by maximizing access to screening and providing cancer prevention and early detection resources where they are limited. Primary cancer prevention will be promoted through education about healthy diet and exercise and HPV vaccination.

These global cancer prevention grants are made possible by 快速完成精彩游戏，  由 Games Done Quick 组织的年度直播视频游戏马拉松，旨在为预防癌症基金会筹集资金。

组织： Hope for Haiti
标题： Improving Awareness, Screenings, and Treatment for Cervical and Breast Cancer in Haiti

宫颈癌是海地癌症相关死亡的主要原因，但筛查工作尚未普及。该项目将提供 34,000 次免费宫颈癌和乳腺癌筛查，组织两年一次的教育活动，并培训 35 名护士和 45 名社区卫生工作者，以降低死亡率和发病率。

组织： KILELE 健康协会
标题： Thamani Yetu – Engaging Communities to Improve Cervical Cancer Prevention and Early Detection in Mbeere North Sub-County, Embu County, Kenya

该项目旨在通过与社区互动并提供人乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 疫苗接种、宫颈癌筛查和治疗，惠及 40,000 名肯尼亚人。该计划还将解决误解和错误观念，并与癌症幸存者合作。这些宫颈癌举措旨在在其他难以覆盖地区的国家复制。

For information on the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s global grants program, visit www.preventcancer.org/programs/our-global-reach/global-grants/.

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关于预防癌症基金会^®

预防癌症基金会^® 是唯一的美国-基于非盈利机构独自投入的到癌症预防和早期检测. 通过研究、教育、外展和倡导, 我们已经帮助无数人避免癌症诊断或及早发现癌症并得到成功治疗。我们受到一个可以预防癌症的世界的愿景，可检测并且可击败对全部.

基金会正努力应对到 2035 年减少 40% 癌症死亡人数的挑战。为了实现这一目标，我们是承诺投资 $2000 万美元用于创新技术，以尽早发现癌症并推进多-癌症筛查，$1000万美元用于扩大癌症筛查和疫苗接种覆盖面医学上服务不足的社区，并投入 $10 万美元用于教育公众了解筛查和疫苗接种选择。

如需了解更多信息，请访问 www.preventcancer.org.