News & Events

30 October 2023. Building Community, EVENTS

World Bladder Cancer Patient Forum 2023 – Uniting bladder cancer advocates from around the world

Our annual event provided a platform to share ideas and best practice and explore opportunities to do better together.

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27 October 2023. NEWS, Raising Awareness

BCAM Grant 2023, Direct Impact Foundation for Youth, raises bladder cancer awareness in Malawi’s rural areas

Read about bladder cancer awareness initiative in Malawi, involving communities, youth, and organisation in a successful awareness campaign last May.

The BCAM grant offered by the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition was extremely helpful for us to run our Bladder Cancer awareness campaign in rural areas in Malawi. With the support of the BCAM Grant, we directly reached 500 people and touched the lives of over 2000 individuals in our community to empower them to take care of their health and to go get checked.

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22 October 2023. NEWS, Raising Awareness

From Uncertainty to Action: Our Bladder Cancer Awareness Month 2023 Report

Explore how we challenged uncertainty this year with our global BCAM23 campaign in this report.

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14 October 2023. Building Community, NEWS

WBCPC team joined SIU43 Congress in Istanbul

Our team travelled to Istanbul, Türkiye for the Annual Congress organised by Société Internationale d’Urologie, to meet with urologists from across the globe.

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13 October 2023. Engaging in Advocacy, NEWS

Global Bladder Cancer Patient Survey results presented at SIU Congress

The poster showcases key elements of bladder cancer experience with care and the importance of awareness raising and peer support

A staggering 45% of patients were not counselled on sexual side effects of their treatment before radical cystectomy surgery and only 11% of women have received such counselling ahead of their surgery - it is simply not good enough.