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RSSInternational Brain Tumour Awareness Week is October 30 - November 5, 2011
Walk Around the World for Brain Tumours January 1 - November 5, 2011
The International Brain Tumour Alliance (IBTA) seeks to be an alliance of the support, advocacy and information groups for brain tumour patients and caregivers in different countries and also includes researchers, scientists, clinicians and allied health professionals who work in the area of brain tumours.The fifth annual International Brain Tumour Awareness Week will take place from October 30 - November 5, 2011.
"Fund-raising and awareness-raising walks have been part of cancer advocacy and a number of brain tumour related walks in various cities and towns are already well established. In 2007, realising that it was 40,000 kilometers (24,856 miles) to circle the globe at least once at the equator, the IBTA invited brain tumour groups and activists to 'donate' the combined mileage of their walkers who had participated in locally sponsored walks to the IBTA to see if we could symbolically circle the world not once, but several times. The knowledge that people are part of a worldwide effort adds an extra dimension to their walk," says Denis Strangman, IBTA chair.
"IBTA invites brain tumour groups and activists to 'donate' the combined mileage of their walkers to the IBTA to see if we could symbolically circle the world."
The 2007 Walk was a great success and a total distance of 114,167 kilometers (70,942 miles), two and a half times around the world, was achieved by 22,600 walkers in 83 walks in 18 countries. The Walk Around the World for Brain Tumours has continued annually since 2007. The 2011 the World Walk will be the fifth. Walks can be done anytime between January 1 and November 5, 2011.
"People have over ten months to submit their walking mileage for inclusion in the total. Some groups hold their walk druing the Awareness Week, but other groups hold seminars and meetings during this seven day period to contribute towards the general awareness-raising of brain tumours," says Kathy Oliver, IBTA Co-director.
For more information on the International Brain Tumour Alliance and the World Walk, visit www.theibta.org.
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