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MS Business Leader's Roundtable: Cancer Prevention
... CAN) will hold its annual Mississippi policy forum virtually on November 17, 2020. We will bring together key leaders and decision makers in health care, government, advocacy and cancer prevention to discuss emerging health care policy issues that affect the health of Mississippians. 0 ...
Mississippi Leaders Unite to Ignite Action to Change State’s Dire Ranking on Cancer-Fighting Policies Nationwide
... leaders are uniting to change the narrative, particularly as the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a significant impact on preventive cancer care including a stark decrease in screenings. “We owe it to Mississippi families, especially the ones that have been hit by today’s economic ... Mississippi Breast and Cervical Cancer Program plays in ensuring adequate access to such preventive screenings. “COVID-19 has revealed real health inequities, partly things we already knew about, but the pandemic has really uncovered a lot of the issues that we have been struggling with ... Angela Ladner, Mississippi Oncology Society; Brad Martin, Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Director at the Mississippi State Department of Health; Senator. Nicole Boyd; Mike Chaney, Mississippi Insurance Department Commissioner, and U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. The event was held ...