Dec 28, 2015
A National Approach to Cancer Control in Canada
Remarks by Jeff Lozon, ChairCanadian Partnership Against Cancer
The Cancer Burden
“The human price is not the only loss caused by cancer. It is responsible for immense costs to health systems, insufferable economic and emotional burdens on families and irreplaceable losses for communities.”
“A well-conceived, well-managed national cancer control programme lowers cancer incidence and improves the life of cancer patients, no matter what resource constraints a country faces.”
World Health Organization
Challenges of a federated model
• Federal government
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• 10 provincial governments and cancer agencies
• 3 territorial governments
• Regional healthcare entities
Cancer in Canada• Overall rates are stable, but number of cancers going
up as population grows and ages
• Leading cause of death in middle-aged adults
• In age group 35-64, cancer causes more deaths than heart disease, stroke, injury and infectious diseases – COMBINED
• Significant cost – both economic and human –to Canada and Canadians
Present and future impact of cancer in Canada led to original concept of a national strategy for cancer control
• The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer was established as a result of the determined efforts of hundreds of stakeholders in the cancer community over many years.
• The vision for a coordinated, pan-Canadian strategy led the federal government to announce the formation of the Partnership in 2006.
• Canadian Partnership Against Cancer was established as an arm’s length non-profit corporation to manage the implementation of the Canadian Cancer Control Strategy.
• The government committed $250 million over five years for implementation of Canada's first national cancer control strategy. We began operations in April 2007.
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer:
Who are we?
• We are a partnership of cancer experts, charitable organizations, governments, patients and survivors, determined to bring change to the cancer control domain.
• We work together to stimulate generation of new knowledge and accelerate the implementation of existing knowledge about cancer across Canada.
Our vision…
Reduce expected number of
cancer cases
Enhance quality of life
for those affected
by cancer
Lessen likelihood of Canadians dying from
cancer
Increase effectiveness & efficiency
of cancer control domain
…is to achieve improvements in cancer control in Canada by being a catalyst for a coordinated approach that will…
Our objectives
1. Reduce gaps in knowledge to enhance cancer control
2. Facilitate and accelerate implementation of best available
knowledge
3. Optimize quality and access
4. Improve the cancer experience for Canadians
• Strong governance and accountability• Working in partnership with cancer experts, patients & survivors
governments, charities with representation on…– Board of directors– Advisory council– Action groups– Consultations
• Clearly mapped strategic plan and funding agreement• Role as strategic funder – not granter – to accelerate action on
cancer control
How do we achieve this?
How do we reach our objectives?
• Acting as a catalyst for a coordinated national approach that will – combine strengths– maximize efforts and resources– achieve significant outcomes in cancer control
• Being respectful of federal, provincial, territorial roles in health care delivery
• Ensuring engagement and buy-in for system change and implementation
• Working in partnership with cancer experts, patients & survivors, cancer agencies, governments, charities
Our Action GroupsSta
ndar
ds
Surv
eilla
nce
Guid
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s
Cancer
JourneyH
ealth
Hum
an
Reso
urce
sFocus on patients
and equitable
access
Primary Prevention
Reporting on performanceof the cancer
controldomainScreening
Accurate & complete information
on cancerprofile
Population-basedscreening & prevention
Environmentalexposures to cancer risk
factors LeadershipResources
CoordinationEvaluation
Research
Coherent implementatio
n plan