The Global Fight Against Cancer

ACSU Held For First Time in Tianjin, China

From left to right: June Chan, director, East Asia Programs, American Cancer Society National Home Office; Dr. Georgia Sadler, chair of the American Cancer Society California Division Board; Grace Chia, ACSU alumna and faculty member, Taiwan Kaihuai Association

An American Cancer Society University (ACSU) training session was held for the first time in Tianjin, China, during April 20-25. The session brought together 30 scholars from China. The faculty leading the training modules included five ACSU alumni and Georgia Sadler, PhD, MBA, BSN, chair of the American Cancer Society California Division Board of Directors. The modules covered a broad range of cancer control topics, including program planning, volunteerism, patient services, and tobacco control.

American Cancer Society Hosts Latin American Fellows for Tobacco Control Advocacy Program

From left to right: Marina Seelig, fellow from Brazil; Diana Vaca, director, Fellowships and Stakeholder Relations, American Cancer Society National Home Office; Frank Perez, vice president for Disparities and International Outreach, American Cancer Society Great West Division; Victor Raúl San Martín, fellow from Paraguay; Andrés Cevallos, fellow from Mexico; Inés Amato, fellow from Argentina; Lynne Smith, director, Tobacco Programs, American Cancer Society Great West Division

On April 6-13, the American Cancer Society Great West Division hosted a smoke-free fellowship training program in Tucson, Arizona, for four Latin American tobacco control advocates. This is the American Cancer Society’s first tobacco control fellowship focused on smoke-free policies that was sponsored by a Society Division. The selected fellows include Andrés Cevallos of Mexico, Inés Amato of Argentina, Victor Raúl San Martín of Paraguay, and Marina Seelig of Brazil. The program addressed advocacy for smoke-free policies in Latin America, showing how the fellows can work with community leaders and other key stakeholders in their countries to effectively implement and enforce smoke-free policies. By sharing its expertise on smoke-free issues in these types of programs, the American Cancer Society’s international tobacco control program helps tobacco control advocates become engaged in the growing global smoke-free movement.

American Cancer Society CEO Receives Prestigious Award and Delivers Keynote Address at Tobacco Control Conference in Warsaw, Poland

Cardinal Jozef Glemp, Primate of Poland (left), presents the Golden Honorary Award to John R. Seffrin, PhD, national chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society (right)

On April 22, John R. Seffrin, PhD, national chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society, received the Golden Honorary Award of the Health Promotion Foundation from Cardinal Jozef Glemp, Primate of Poland, in a ceremony at the cardinal’s official residence in Warsaw, Poland. The award is presented to individuals who have made a significant impact on public health and quality of life in Poland. On the same day, Dr. Seffrin delivered the keynote address in Warsaw to the Summit of Tobacco Control Leaders from Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Countries. More than 100 researchers, oncologists, and government leaders from more than 20 countries gathered at the summit to review successes and failures from the past two decades of tobacco control efforts in this part of the world, and to plan for the future of tobacco control. Dr. Seffrin, who has been especially active in the fight against tobacco for the last quarter century, delivered a presentation covering present and future scenarios in the global fight against tobacco. Thomas J. Glynn, PhD, and Hana Ross, PhD, also represented the American Cancer Society at the summit.

American Cancer Society Media Event Covered by Leading Chinese TV Network’s Global Program

Garrison Jackson, an American Cancer Society volunteer, speaks at New York City media briefing

On March 14, the American Cancer Society held a media briefing in New York City to educate journalists, presenting the latest findings in cancer research, prevention, and early detection, and the latest data on the US and global tobacco burden. In addition, Garrison Jackson, an American Cancer Society Eastern Division volunteer and member of the Society’s International Affairs Advisory Committee, spoke about the global reach and importance of Society programs such as American Cancer Society University (ACSU), International Relay For Life®, and global media trainings. More than 20 journalists attended the briefing, which was covered by New Tang Dynasty Television (NDTV), the largest independent Chinese-language global TV network. NDTV broadcast the event on their nightly news program, which reaches more than 5 million households in the tri-state area, and is available via satellite to more than 200 million viewers on four continents. Click on this link to view the broadcast:
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/b5/2008/03/14/a_74015.html

Nigerian Journalist Raises Awareness for Cancer and Tobacco

A Nigerian journalist fellow supported by the American Cancer Society has published the first cancer cover story in a major news magazine in Nigeria. Olayinka Oyegbile’s report on the cancer burden in Nigeria and other parts of the developing world was featured as a cover story in Tell magazine, a leading magazine in Nigeria. Oyegbile was an American Cancer Society journalist fellow at the World Conference on Tobacco OR Health (WCTOH) in 2006, and at the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) conference in Senegal in 2005. He has also received a Knight Journalism Fellowship from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a Steve Biko Memorial Scholars’ Fellowship. This important cover story on cancer will help raise awareness of the cancer and tobacco burden that threatens the health of many Nigerians. To read this article, click on the following link: http://www.tellng.com/news/articles/080121-1/news/cover_cancer.html