In December 2011, the Australian Government made the new standard which updates and expands the graphic health warning regime in Australia. Health warnings will now be required to cover 75% of the front of packs and 90% of the back of packs.
Madagascar has become the third country in Africa and at least the 46th country/jurisdiction in the world to require picture-based health warnings for packages of cigarettes.
World Cancer Day is celebrated every year on 4 Februrary. This year, several UICC members and partners are using the occasion to highlight the stark global disparities in access to pain relief for cancer patients:
By DEAN MWAANGA - 19 January - First Lady Christine Kaseba has appealed to employers to integrate breast and cervical cancer screening in their HIV and AIDS workplace policies.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer and leading cause of cancer death among women world-wide, with less developed countries accounting for half of the global burden.
In September 2011 the UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs took place, addressing the prevention and control of NCDs worldwide, with a focus on developmental challenges and social and economic impacts, particularly for developing countries.
HRH Princess Dina Mired has led the King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF) in Jordan as Director General since 2003. As a mother of a cancer survivor, she knows firsthand the challenges cancer brings to patients and their families.
