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Get Behind Bowel Screening

Get Behind Bowel Screening is a national grass roots advocacy campaign to bring attention to bowel cancer with the aim of getting the Australian Government to expand the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.

Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in Australia, yet it just doesn’t get the attention it deserves. The tagline for the campaign will be ‘Make a Noise” as we encourage Australians to join Cancer Councils in making a noise about this important cancer.

The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program provides enormous potential to save lives from bowel cancer - potential that will not be fully realised without increased funding and a clear plan for program expansion. Currently, only people turning 50, 55 or 65 before December 2010 will receive a free screening kit and no re-screening is being offered. That means around five million Australians aged over 50 are missing out on a test that could save their life so we are calling on the support of all Australians.

 The campaign will feature a new website: www.getbehindbowelscreening.com.au which will go live on 7 th June to coincide with the national launch and will run until the end of October

 

 

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