CANCER PREVENTION
Reducing the
incidence and
mortality of
preventable
cancers
WHY WE CARE
No cancer is 100 per cent avoidable, but the risk of some cancers can be significantly reduced with immunisation, screening programs and healthy lifestyle choices.
Given the hardship of cancer diagnoses and treatment on the health and wellbeing of patients and families, as well as the burden on hospitals and health systems, cancer prevention is a very important priority.
We’re focused on three areas of greatest impact: preventing the addiction of new smokers; increasing access for women in the Western Pacific to vaccination and screening for human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes almost all cervical cancers; and education for prevention.
Working to eliminate cervical cancer
Answering a call to action by the World Health Organization to eliminate cervical cancer, Minderoo Foundation is collaborating with the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Centre for Research Excellence in Cervical Cancer Control, which is working in-country with delivery partners to address high rates of cervical cancer in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu.
Preventing the addiction of new smokers
Supporting research, policy, and health promotion activities to address the risk of a new generation developing a lifelong addiction to nicotine, we continue to seek ways to empower behavioural change among 14-25 year olds and stop the tobacco and e-cigarette industries from preying on them.
Education for cancer prevention
Investing in a range of programs that promote healthy lifestyles and overall wellbeing, we have a focus on Australia’s rural and regional areas where the incidence and death rates from preventable cancers are higher than in metropolitan areas.
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