August 26, 2019

Walking Forward Program Awarded $3 Million Grant to Improve Tribal Cancer Care

Author: GlobeNewswire

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Aug. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Aug. 15, 2019) – Walking Forward, along with a team of collaborators, announce a generous five-year grant of $3 million from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, for a two-phase study to advance palliative care in Northern Plains American Indians.
The funding will allow the two-phase study to bring the Oglala, Sicangu and Cheyenne River tribes, the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Bo