Cancer Advocacy Training Toolkit for Africa

This toolkit is intended to be a resource to demonstrate the many ways that individuals can be involved in advocacy to help improve cancer care in Africa. Produced through a collaboration between the Africa Oxford Cancer Foundation (AfrOx), African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC), European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), it has been tailored specifically to the needs of African cancer advocates and draws on case studies and examples of successful pilots in Africa.

The objective of the toolkit is to encourage cancer advocates to become vocal at the political level, pushing for improvements in cancer health promotion, early detection, treatment, and care in Africa by raising awareness among government leaders, opinion makers, health policymakers, and the general public, in order that sustainable and affordable measures to tackle cancer can be put in place. The toolkit provides guidance for those starting out with sections on working with decision makers and influencers, the development of national cancer plans, working with the media, involving patients in the development of research programmes and collaborations, and fundraising. It is designed to respond to some of the many challenges for cancer advocates in influencing change in public perception, practice, and policy.
The toolkit includes of the following chapers:

• Intoduction
• Political Advocacy
• Education Advocacy
• Working with media
• Support Advocacy
• Community Outreach Advocacy
• Research Advocacy
• Fundraising Advocacy
• Resources