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Cancer Institute NSW

Organisation name Cancer Institute NSW
Organisation type Governmental organisation
Organisation fields
  • Health
Description The Cancer Institute is the government organisation charged with lessening the impact of cancer in NSW. Our challenges are to prevent more cancers, find cancer earlier and deliver even better cancer treatment services.
Commenced Work Five to ten years ago
Type(s) of HBE Activity
  • Policy development
  • Advocacy for healthy built environments
  • Research to better understand healthy built environments
  • Translating research into policy
  • Information resource
  • Provision of physical infrastructure
Key objectives of HBE activities
  • To improve people's physical health
HBE Domain Focus
  • The built environment and getting people active
The organisation addresses the following areas of work in relation to getting people active
  • Other
  • Other - Shade provision.
The organisation takes part in the following specific HBE activities
Target Population
  • General population
Geographic Focus of HBE activities
  • All of the state
Website http://www.cancerinstitute.org.au/