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Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation: Changing the scenario of lung cancer and melanoma in rural areas in Brazil

Digital community awareness campaigns to spread information and awareness on COVID-19, lung cancer, and skin cancer & deployment of a mobile skin cancer screening service vans in five rural and countryside regions in Maranhão, Brazil.
SGDS CONTRIBUTING TO:
MEMBER COMPANIES:
Hospitals Health Facilities 1
Pharma Company Foundation 1

Lado a Lado pela Vida Institute will create digital and regional community awareness campaigns to spread information and awareness on COVID-19, lung cancer, and skin cancer and deploy a mobile skin cancer screening service vans in five rural and countryside regions in Maranhão.

Results and milestones
  • Launced Healthcare in the Countryside awareness campaign
  • Creation of structuring, adaptation and labelling project for mobile unit- screening
Geographic Reach
  • Americas
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Disease Area
  • Non-communicable Diseases
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SGDs the partnership contributes to
SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing
  1. 3.4: NCDs (including mental health)
  2. 3.8: Achieve universal health coverage
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals 
Partner organizations
Hospitals Health Facilities

Instituto Lado a Lado pela Vida

Pharma Company Foundation

Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation