Campus Cancer Awareness Initiative Nigeria (CCAIN)

Empowering Nigeria's campuses & underserved communities to prevent cancer mortality through awareness and advocacy.

Empowering Youth, Conquering Cancer!

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

CPCI congratulates Prof. @GevTamamyan on his nomination for WHO Director-General.

As a pediatric oncologist with extensive work across cancer care and global efforts, he represents the future of global health.

CPCI is pleased to express its support as the process moves forward.

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

Happy Independence Day, Nigeria. 🇳🇬

At 66, we celebrate how far we've come and look ahead to the Nigeria we're still building - one with stronger health systems, better evidence and healthier communities.

Here's to a new month and a healthier future.

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

September ends. The work doesn't. 💛

This month, we went beyond awareness - exploring recognition, referral, care, families, data, research & stronger systems.

Now we keep building.

Our commitment to giving children a better chance continues.

#GoGoldWithCPCI #ChildhoodCancer

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

What would it take to give every child with cancer a better chance? 💛

Earlier recognition. Stronger pathways. Supported families. Better evidence. Collaboration

The work ahead is bigger than awareness, & it is worth building

#GoGoldWithCPCI #ChildhoodCancer #JosephHopeProject

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

No organisation can build this alone. 💛

Stronger childhood cancer pathways require families, communities, healthcare, research and partnerships working together.

Our approach: Complement. Connect. Strengthen.

#GoGoldWithCPCI #ChildhoodCancer #JosephHopeProject

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

From awareness to stronger systems. 💛

The Joseph Hope Project brings our thinking around recognition, referral, care, family support, data and research into one connected vision:

Stronger childhood cancer pathways.

#GoGoldWithCPCI #ChildhoodCancer #JosephHopeProject @UNICEF

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

Awareness matters. But what comes next matters too. 💛

This September, we have moved from understanding childhood cancer to recognising gaps and strengthening pathways.

Now we turn to BUILD.

UNDERSTAND → RECOGNISE → STRENGTHEN → BUILD

#GoGoldWithCPCI #ChildhoodCancer #JHP

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

The family is part of the care journey. 💛

Childhood cancer affects more than the child. Families also navigate fear, uncertainty and change.

Achahyel reminds us: when we support the family, we strengthen the care around the child.

#GoGoldWithCPCI #ChildhoodCancer #JHP #CPCI

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

From community action in Jos to global childhood cancer conversation 💛

This past week, our youth-led childhood cancer advocacy work was presented as an e-poster at #SIOP2026

Advocacy matters, but it must connect to stronger pathways to care.

#GoGoldWithCPCI #ChildhoodCancer

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

Every child should count, & every child should be counted

Childhood cancer data are more than numbers. They help us understand where gaps exist, make better decisions & build stronger systems

Better data → Better decisions → Stronger systems

#GoGoldWithCPCI #ChildhoodCancer

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

Reaching the hospital is not the end of the journey.

Recognition & referral matter. But so do diagnosis, treatment, & follow-up.

This week, #GoGoldWithCPCI turns to STRENGTHEN - because helping children reach care is only part of building a stronger pathway.

#ChildhoodCancer

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

Sometimes, what matters is knowing when to look again. 💛

Not every persistent or unusual symptom in a child means cancer.

But when something isn't resolving as expected, evaluation and follow-up matter.

We explain why recognition is not diagnosis, it’s an opportunity to act.

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

Recognition is not diagnosis 💛

Childhood cancer awareness shouldn't create fear or encourage self-diagnosis

It should help us know when something unusual, persistent or unexplained deserves medical attention

Notice. Seek care. Follow up.

#GoGoldWithCPCI #ChildhoodCancer #JHP

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

When cancer enters a family, the diagnosis is never carried by the child alone. 💛

Achahyel brings us to the human side of childhood cancer, and why care must see the child, the family & the journey beyond the disease.

Every Child Deserves a Better Chance.

#GoGoldWithCPCI #JHP

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

Childhood cancer is not hopeless

Many childhood cancers can be treated successfully, but that possibility is not equally available all over

Timely diagnosis. Appropriate treatment. Stronger systems.

Survival is possible. Our systems must help make it possible.

#GoGoldWithCPCI

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

Childhood cancer is different. 💛

For most childhood cancers, prevention & routine population screening are not currently the answer.

That makes early recognition, appropriate evaluation & timely referral especially important.

Swipe through to understand why.

#GoGoldWithCPCI

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

This September, we go gold. 💛

Through the Joseph Hope Project, CPCI will explore the childhood cancer journey - from recognition & referral to care, family support, research, data & stronger systems.

What would it take to give every child a better chance?

#GoGoldWithCPCI #JHP

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

CPCI Prevention Insight #1

Did you know that an estimated 30–50% of cancers can be prevented through healthy lifestyle choices, vaccination, and early detection?

Prevention starts long before disease begins.

#CPCI #CancerPrevention #PreventionMatters

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

Yesterday, CPCI launched the Action for Cancer Prevention in Communities (ACPIN) project at Divine Success School, Jos

Students were engaged on cancer prevention, early detection, HPV, infection-related cancers, & healthy lifestyle choices

One community at a time.

#ACPIN #CPCI

[Cancer Prevention and Care Initiative @cpci_africa]

A new month brings new opportunities to inform, prevent, detect early, and save lives.

As we welcome June, we renew our commitment to cancer prevention, health education, & healthier communities.

Here's to a month of impact & hope.

#CPCI #CancerPrevention #EarlyDetection #june