Online course: Advocacy for improved cancer control

Cancer control advocacy plays a vital role in influencing policies, mobilising resources, and driving meaningful change in cancer prevention, treatment, and care. While there is no single recipe for advocacy success, there are common themes that underpin successful advocacy efforts: clear understanding of the policy landscape, strong evidence, strategic partnerships, and effective engagement with decision-makers.

This course provides a practical playbook for designing and implementing effective advocacy initiatives. Through expert insights and real-world case studies, participants will learn how to understand the policy landscape, build evidence-based advocacy strategies, engage partners and decision-makers, implement advocacy activities, and monitor progress to drive sustainable change in cancer control.

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Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction

What is advocacy?

Presenter – Rosanne Lamplough

The global advocacy landscape for cancer control

Presenter – Rosie Tasker

Module 2: Understanding the national health policy and cancer control context

National policy-making process

Presenter – Ma-Anne Rosales Santo Domingo

National cancer control landscape

Presenter – Dr Yannick Romero

Case study: how ISDM helped drive policy change for cervical cancer prevention in Guatemala

Presenter – Mirna Montenegro

Module 3: Advocacy strategy roadmap

Advocacy issues, goals and objectives

Presenter – Rosanne Lamplough

Building the evidence base

Presenter – James Buckley

Case study: Breast Cancer Network Australia’s work towards equitable access for breast reconstruction surgery

Presenter – Vicki Durston

Case study: Co-creating meaningful engagement of people with lived experience in cancer policy in Morocco: the role of NABD-BC2

Presenter – Ikram Eseghir

Case study: Supplying the missing modality: how MAKNA became a named partner in Malaysian breast cancer policy

Presenter – Dhamir Rohaizad and Dr Shaminee Chandran

Module 4: Building partnerships to drive advocacy

Building coalitions for joint advocacy

Presenter – Alessandro Di Capua

Stakeholder mapping and engagement: building connections and networks of support for cancer advocacy

Presenter – Carmen Auste

Case study: From coalition building to policy change: advocacy lessons from Indonesia and Uganda

Presenters – Wening (Ning) Budiastuti and Robinah Kaitiritimba

Case study: Strengthening cervical cancer prevention through a multi-sector coalition building approach: the African Cervical Health Alliance (ACHA) model

Presenter – Benda Kithaka

Module 5: Strategy to action: advocacy tactics and activities

Strategic advocacy planning

Presenters – Lorena Allemandi

Deep dive into budget advocacy: five features of successful budget advocacy campaigns

Presenters – Callum Pierce

Crafting impactful advocacy messages

Presenters – Nataliia Shkvarok

Case study: The Cancer Policy Lab: using evidence and storytelling to shape cervical cancer prevention policy in Uganda – Presenter: Annet Nakaganda

Presenter – Annet Nakaganda

Case study: Advancing paid leave for cancer screening in Mexico: the FUNSAMEX #LabourRightsAgainstCancer Initiative

Presenter – Gonzalo Lopez-Cuevas

Module 6: Monitor progress, evaluate, learn and adapt

Monitoring, evaluating and refining your advocacy strategy

Presenter – Tracey Keatman,

Final summary

Presenter – Rosanne Lamplough

This course is exclusive to UICC members and available on demand on UICC Connect

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Tags Learning and development Online learning Cancer control Advocacy

Last update

Thursday 05 November 2026