We invite you to join us in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 22 March 2020 for the World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition Annual Meeting. This year, the theme is “Ensuring bladder cancer is at the top of global health policy agenda.” Strong bladder cancer patient groups across the world can bring bladder cancer to the top of global health policy agenda and help ensure the best possible outcomes for patients.
 
One of the core missions of WBCPC is to foster an international community of people affected by bladder cancer. We will discuss different avenues for engaging our multi-stakeholder network to help us deliver this mission, exchange ideas on how to connect these communities with each other and with resources, and how to bring unity for the vision and goals of bladder cancer patient organisations worldwide.
 
The meeting will also bring attention to  some of the most pressing issues in the community, from medicines shortages to patient involvement in medicines development and how the change can be achieved through collaboration, advocacy and policy change. 
 
The agenda will be available soon, but you can already register via the button below.

The World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition is delighted to become a member of All.Can International.
 
All.Can is an international multi-stakeholder initiative working to improve the efficiency of cancer care by focusing on what matters to patients and driving  sustainable healthcare solutions for everyone affected by cancer. The patient perspective is too often forgotten in considerations of how cancer care can be improved. WBCPC will work closely with the initiative, its members and stakeholders to ensure that the voice of people affected by bladder cancer contributes towards the important work of All.Can.
 
In 2019, All.Can has launched the results of the first international Patient Survey of its kind,in over 10 counties, which asked almost 4,000 cancer patients and carers where they identified inefficiencies in their care.

Nurses and midwives play a vital role in providing health services. These are the people who devote their lives to caring for others and meeting everyday essential health needs of countless people who count on them. The World Health Assembly has designated 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.
 
The World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition recognizes the resilience, dedication and determination of the healthcare professionals at the center of the bladder cancer service. The nurses caring for people affected by bladder cancer often face dwindling resources and limited time and money of constrained healthcare services and yet they find a way to offer the care that fit their patient’s needs and deliver as a good a bladder cancer service as they could.
 
In 2020, join us in recognizing the nurses devoted to our communities and our healthcare services. Say thank you in person, share your stories with us on Twitter, don’t forget to tag us @WorldBladderCan You can also email us at info@worldbladdercancer.org We will be sharing these throughout the year.
 
Fight Bladder Cancer UK published a feature based on interviews with bladder cancer nurses in the United Kingdom in the Fight! Magazine #7, you can download the magazine and read the article on their website.

On 28 February, WBCPC Executive Director Alex Filicevas attended the European Cancer Forum: Towards a New Era of Cancer Care, in Brussels, Belgium. As the European Union is preparing to launch its Beating Cancer Plan – there has never been more multi-stakeholder focus and political will to take action on cancer in Europe. The event sought to gather ideas on policy recommendations to feed into the development of the upcoming plan, which will focus on an entire pathway from research, diagnosis, treatment to palliative care and survivorship. The ambitious plan is set to make big leaps in Europe as part of its mission on cancer, which will undoubtably contribute to the change in cancer control across the world.