Activities
Amal Morocco
On the occasion of World CML Day, our member in Morocco, Amal Association, distributed liquid soap and medical masks for patients and their facilities in public hospitals.
Thank you to all members of the office of Amal Association and all the volunteers in Marrakesh who did the operation while respecting all safety instructions and social distancing rules!
#WCMLDay20 #TodayTogether #MoreThanEver #ForALifeWithoutCML
Spain Pacientes LMC
The Spanish CML patients group Pacientes LMC developed an online survey to collect the CML patients’ perspectives and experiences when talking with the hematologist about their leukemia and its possible causes.
On the occasion of World CML Day 2020, results were presented online.
You can find a summary here: https://bit.ly/2FYOqUk
Australia Leukaemia Foundation
The Australian organisation Leukaemia Foundation was proud to bring us a free, live webinar featuring CML expert Tim Hughes.
-
When? 22 September 2020, 12pm AEST
-
Where? Online event via MS Teams Live
-
Website? Click here to join the webinar on 22 September at 12pm AEST
Professor Tim Hughes – Haematologist, Blood Cancer Taskforce Member, International CML expert. Topics:
- CML overview
- Blood Cancer Taskforce
- Current CML treatment
- TKI treatment
- ICMLF theme of ‘life without CML’.
There will be opportunities to ask Tim questions in this interactive webinar.
Please register to ensure you receive updates and notifications about the event: https://www.leukaemia.org.au/events/world-cml-day-webinar/
MaxCare Nigeria
The CML patient organization, Maxcare Nigeria in conjunction with Leukaemia CarePlus Initiative hosted an online forum with physicians and patients to celebrate World CML Day 2020.
Date: Wednesday 23rd September 2020, Time: 3pm (GMT+1).
Spain Aelemic
Aelemic celebrated the V National Congress of Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, which took place virtually from October 1 to 2, 2020 with the participation of key experts in CML and our Head of Communications and Programme Manager Celia Marín.
Discussed topics were the role of mutation testing in CML patients, new treatments and optimizations, cardiovascular events in CML patients and main challenges and needs for CML patients worldwide.
You can watch the Congress online visiting the following webpage: Aelemic V National CML Congress
Henzo Kenya
In Kenya, the CML patient organisation HENZO held a CML Education Day 2020 webinar including topics such as: What is CML, its presentation, Diagnosing, Monitoring and Treatment. Nutritional priorities in CML. Physical Therapy Techniques in CML. Psycho-social Support in CML. Role of Caregiver in effective Therapy.
Date: 22/9/2020
Time: 3:30pm to 6:00pm
