Bente Mikkelsen: Big news in cancer rehabilitation care
Bente Mikkelsen shared a post on LinkedIn:
”Big news in cancer rehabilitation care!
With the endorsement of WHO’s Package of interventions for rehabilitation, the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) is taking a giant leap forward with its Supportive Care 2030 Movement.
Here’s what you need to know:
- MASCC represents 70+ countries worldwide.
- They’ve set 15 ambitious goals for cancer supportive care by 2030.
- These goals align perfectly with WHO’s Rehabilitation 2030.
Both MASCC and WHO are pushing for:
- Evidence-based practices.
- Patient-centered care.
- Global collaboration.
MASCC officially endorses WHO’s Package of interventions for rehabilitation for cancer! Read further.
The Package of interventions for rehabilitation for cancer:
- Lists evidence-based interventions for rehabilitation for cancer and related required resources with a specific focus on low-to-middle resource settings.
Why it matters:
It supports:
- Countries to integrate rehabilitation for cancer into their health systems.
- The education and training of the rehabilitation workforce in evidence-based rehabilitation for cancer.
- The development of multiprofessional rehabilitation services for cancer at all service delivery levels.
With over 50 million cancer survivors worldwide, quality rehabilitation is crucial at every stage for everyone in need.
Access the Package of interventions for rehabilitation: module 7: malignant neoplasm here.”
Penilla Gunther shared Bente Mikkelsen’s post on LinkedIn, adding:
”Good news about cancer rehab actions!”
Source: Bente Mikkelsen/LinkedIn and Penilla Gunther/LinkedIn
Bente Mikkelsen is the Director of Noncommunicable Diseases at WHO Headquarters in Geneva and was previously Director for Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Europe. She also headed the secretariat for the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on Noncommunicable Diseases. Trained as a Gynecologist and Obstetrician, she holds a Master’s degree in Health Administration. Her primary focus now is aligning efforts toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals by reducing premature deaths from NCDs and employing innovation and collaboration across sectors.
Penilla Gunther is a member of the EU Cancer Mission and Former Member of Swedish Parliament. She is an experienced policy maker as former Member of Swedish Parliament, the Nordic Council and chair of the Welfare Committee, and also from local and regional councils. She is the founder of FOKUS Patient, a digital and physical meeting place for life science & healthcare with a patient perspective, President of the European Patient Safety Foundation and appointed by the European Commission as an Expert in the Cancer Mission Board. Penilla is a life-long patient as being heart transplanted 15 years ago and cancer survivor twice. Penilla Gunther co-chaired the European Cancer Organization’s SmartCARE steering committee, a landmark initiative of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan under the EU4Health Programme, digital tool to reduce the communication gap between survivors and health and social-care providers.