Description: Public Health Policy Advocate and Communicator
Thursday 4th February is World Cancer Day .
Cancer has been a too frequent contributor to our family’s evolving tapestry, having lost very special people to illness and death from a scourge of a disease. Many friends have been through, or are going through, their own cancer struggles. Often it feels indiscriminate and cruel.
Rather than feeling defeated by cancer, our experiences have made us more resolved to combat it… At home I endeavour to create a healthy environment for our children to grow up in. I try to make and encourage healthy choices that will last for long and healthy lives. We talk a lot about preventing cancer, how we can reduce our risk of getting cancer ourselves… The international organisation I work with advocates for all of the world’s governments to prioritise making and acting on robust and effective polic