Vol. 17 | Vol. 17 (4) – July / August 2022 | Sun Care

A safe and dignified life for people with albinism

by cyb2025

MAFALDA SOTO VALDÉS1*, STÉPHANIE ACKER2
*Corresponding author
1. Beyond Suncare, Madrid, Spain
2. BASF Grenzach GmbH, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany

ABSTRACT

Beyond Suncare is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that aims to protect people with albinism from skin cancer, discrimination and attacks. The NGO has a longstanding cooperation with BASF to develop and provide sunscreen that meets the specific challenges of people with albinism in the sub-Saharan region. The chemical company provides its expertise and ingredients free of charge. Together, Beyond Suncare and BASF have formulated an innovative sun care product that cuts the risk of skin cancer for vulnerable people. This is just one way that this initiative is improving quality of life, safety and dignity for people with albinism in Africa.

HEALTH AND DIGNIFIED LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM
More than 200,000 people live with albinism in Africa, and the sub-Saharan region is home to more people with albinism than anywhere else in the world. For this group, protection from the sun is a matter of life and death. 9 out of 10 people with the condition die of skin cancer before the age of 30.

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