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.
Washington DC 28 Feb 2012 The Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria announced on Tuesday a new collaboration with the Global Access to Pain Relief Initiative to make essential pain medicines available in Nigeria for the first time in two years
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:
12-14 January 2012-Cancer and public health experts from all over the world came together in Marrakech, Morocco to discuss the challenges of cancer control in the Middle-East and Africa, with a particular focus on the issue of cervical cancer.
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.
From 16 - 23 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) held its 130th Executive Board meeting in Geneva Switzerland. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, featured prominently on the agenda.
The Nepalese Government passed the “Directives on Pictorial Health Warning” on 4th November making it obligatory for tobacco manufacturers to include graphic warnings about the adverse effects of smoking on tobacco product packaging.
Cancer Council Victoria (CCV) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) are embarking on a joint initiative to establish a Centre for Law and Cancer, based in Melbourne, Australia.
