A GROUP of international health bodies supported by the American Cancer Society (ACS) wants the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to be a global health priority.
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Only 5.4% of the world's population was covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws in 2008, up from 3.1% in 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today in its second report on the global tobacco epidemic.
Paris, France and Geneva, Switzerland - February 15, 2010 – Today, on the International Childhood Cancer Day, the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and sanofi-aventis announced that seven new projects for improving cancer care for children.
World Cancer Day 2010, led by UICC, its members and with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), will raise awareness of cancer prevention.
GAPRI
Led by UICC President, Prof. David Hill the UICC Global Access to Pain Relief Initiative (GAPRI) is a project which aims to achieve Declaration Target 8: ‘Effective pain control measures will be available universally to all cancer patients in pain'.
