Search Tag: World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day: Take Action to Make a Positive Difference
2023 04 Feb
Today, February 4, is World Cancer Day. Led by The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), the day aims to raise awareness and drive collective action in an effort to combat the disease and save lives. This is the second year of the three-year “close the care gap” campaign centred on reducing the inequities that exist in accessing quality... Read more
World Cancer Day - Close the Care Gap!
2022 31 Jan
World Cancer Day is an initiative of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Observed every 4 February since 2000, its goal is raising worldwide awareness, improving education, and catalysing personal, collective, and government action to reduce preventable cancer deaths and increase equitable access to cancer care. Cancer kills nearly... Read more
World Cancer Day: Highlighting Physical Activity in the Global Fight Against Cancer
2017 04 Feb
Worldwide cases of cancer predicted to reach 21.7 million by 2030 Today, on World Cancer Day, millions are urged to get active to help combat the world’s most deadly disease. Under the banner ‘We can. I can.’ the day will encourage people to be more active - in every sense - in the fight against a disease that, in less than two decades, will... Read more