About the National Strategic Action Plan for Blood Cancer
Our vision is zero lives lost to blood cancer by 2035, underpinned by zero preventable deaths regardless of geography or background, through equitable access to best practice treatment and care for all Australians.
The National Strategic Action Plan for Blood Cancer is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reduce the impact of blood cancer.
As our State of the Nation: Blood Cancer in Australia report demonstrated, the economic and personal costs of not acting with urgency on blood cancer are too great to bear.
We have excellent health systems and services across Australia, which are achieving remarkable results in improving survival rates and treatment for people living with blood cancer. However, there are still barriers.
In Australia we have access to medicines and a world-class health system, but how do we break down barriers to reach that goal of zero lives lost?
National Action Plan recommendations
Who developed the National Action Plan?
The National Action Plan identifies four major priorities to improve outcomes for people living with blood cancer and their families:
We’re looking forward to working together with the Australian blood cancer community to break every barrier standing in the way of achieving zero lives lost to blood cancer by 2035.
There are many milestones on that path – some we can deliver ourselves, some will need us to partner with the entire blood cancer community and others require us to advocate at a national level for change.
Last updated on October 24th, 2022
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