The Belize Cancer Society held its annual general meeting today at the Inspiration Center, where it unveiled its strategic plan for the next five years. As they reflected on their accomplishments, we asked their president what they hope to achieve through this new strategic plan:
Kim Simplis Barrow, President, Belize Cancer Society
"First of the annual general meeting we really focused on what we have accomplished and where we want to go which really ties into our strategic plan for the next 5 years and one of the main focuses we want to do is we really want to focus on prevention and healthy living. It is so very important that we start targeting or looking at our younger generation to educating them on living healthier lives we know that when you are diagnosed with cancer at a early stage we, it is easily treatable than when you are diagnosed at a late stage and so that is our focus we of course want to continue our partnerships with the government of Belize the ministry of health and wellness we want to continue our partnerships with all our organisations that we work with and of course with the community. It is important that we continue to access not just local partnerships but international partnerships. Why? Because with international partnerships we get access to training, we get access to equipment, we get access to helping our health care providers be more effective and efficient in diagnosing cancer and In the quickness of getting our cancer patients to care."
