logo
Multi-position project: Euromelanoma

Action against skin cancer

Euromelanoma is an international campaign that aims to raise awareness about melanoma and other skin cancers as well as their prevention and early diagnosis. We executed the Finnish campaign in 2015, 2016, and 2017. In the first year, the campaign was awarded as Vuoden lääkeinformaatioteko (Eng. Year’s medical information action) and the visibility of the campaign exceeded all expectations.

Starting point and goals

The international Euromelanoma campaign, founded by dermatologists, has the goal of promoting the prevention and early diagnosis of melanoma and other skin cancers. The campaign aims to raise awareness of skin cancers, their identification and their risk factors. In Finland, some 1,400 people are diagnosed with melanoma and some 11,000 with other skin cancers annually.

Finland, participating in the campaign for the first time, had the following goals:

  • Increase the citizens’ awareness of skin cancers and how to prevent them
  • Direct the citizens to free-of-charge mole check-ups

The campaign’s national collaboration partners in Finland were La Roche-Posay, LEO Pharma Ltd., Roche Ltd., Iholiitto ry, Association of Finnish Pharmacies, Cancer Society of Finland, and Yliopiston Apteekki.

Creative solution and execution

The main message of the creative solution was clear: An early diagnosis of a skin cancer could save your life!

At the heart of the campaign was the international Euromelanoma Day on the 19th of May, on which information sessions and free-of-charge mole check-ups with pre-registration were conducted in five cities. Anyone could pre-book an appointment and come show suspicious-looking skin changes to a dermatologist – for free.

 

We took up various PR measures to spread the campaign message and to encourage people to attend the free-of-charge check-ups: we produced two campaign videos, prepared marketing materials for online and hard-copy distribution as well as for our partners’ channels, and founded a Facebook campaign page. Pharmacies participated in the campaign actively by distributing over 20,000 flyers and encouraging people to go get their moles and skin changes checked.

All traffic was directed to the campaign page: http://www.euromelanoma.org/suomi

Results

The popularity of the campaign page exceeded all expectations: in an international comparison, Finland placed second, behind only Sweden. This is a feat, as there were over 30 European countries plus Canada participating in the campaign. In proportion to population, the Finnish campaign page had the most visitors.

The check-up slots to examine any moles or skin changes were fully-booked instantly and thousands of people were on the wait-list in case of cancellations. Nearly a thousand Finns got their moles checked on the 19th of May and out of them, seven percent of them were found to have a suspicion of skin cancer or its pre-state.

  • 0
    pcs
    mole check-ups

    The mole check-ups were fully booked in an instant, and people were queuing on the wait-list in case of cancellations.

  • 0
    %
    suspicion of skin cancer or its pre-state

    Seven percent of those checked were found to have a suspicion of skin cancer or its pre-state.

  • 0
    place
    Vuoden lääkeinformaatioteko 2015

    Awarded as the "Medical information action 2015"

Branding that leaves a mark

We do agile communications smartly and in high quality.

Subscribe

  • Subscribe to Myysletter, our newsletter (in Finnish)
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
figure

Get in touch

Drop us a message!

Get in touch

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
person

“We do agile communications smartly and in high quality.”