In the U.S., our Bridging Cancer Care™ initiative will be active in the states in the Southeast determined to have the highest lung cancer burden. Bridging Cancer Care will focus grantmaking on pilot projects that aim to reduce the burden of lung cancer among minority and underserved populations through innovative models of prevention, detection and education, and by helping those living with lung cancer to access and navigate cancer care and community-based support services.

 

In Central and Eastern Europe, the Foundation’s Bridging Cancer Care™ initiative is working with partners in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Russia to improve cancer nursing skills and to engage nurses to increase education and awareness and to improve cancer outcomes in their communities.

Since 2002, our Delivering Hope™ initiative has been helping communities and healthcare workers in China and India raise awareness about the dangers of hepatitis B and hepatitis C. This initiative has also helped inform health policy and national programs, enabled health care providers and communities to better address these diseases, and promote disease prevention.

Working with a wide variety of community-based, regional and national partners in the U.S., Together on Diabetes® is supporting efforts to develop and expand effective patient self-management programs and broadly engage affected communities in the fight against diabetes.