McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer
Melbourne, Australia
About
Founded in 2012, McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer is a non-profit organisation based in Melbourne, Australia working on health, justice & legal aid, human rights.
The McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer is a centre based in Melbourne, Australia, that works to advance the use of law to prevent cancer and other noncommunicable diseases and to protect the rights of people affected by cancer. It supports governments, policymakers and lawyers through training, capacity building and research, and acts as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Law and Noncommunicable Disease and a knowledge hub for the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. It forms part of the Strategy & Support Division of Cancer Council Victoria and has regional managers in the Pacific, Asia and Africa.
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Health · Australia, Kenya, Philippines, Samoa
Train government lawyers and policymakers to use law to prevent cancer and other noncommunicable diseases, with regional components for the Pacific, Africa and Asia.
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Knowledge Hub
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Knowledge hub on legal challenges to implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
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Cancer Council Victoria, Cancer Council Australia, UICC, University of Melbourne, Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government Department of Health
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