2013 Annual Report

It has been a very fulfilling year, during which, UICC continued to deliver excellence in advocacy, convening and running global programmes, but also took time out to reflect on its long term mission and goals.

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I was delighted to see World Cancer Day on February 4th being adopted by our member organisations as a significant day in their national calendars. More members than ever before used the day to run local events and raise the profile of cancer in their local media. As a result, we were delighted to see that we jointly created nearly 5 billion media opportunities to see, hear and read about cancer across all media channels. Our campaign on dispelling myths and misconceptions certainly resonated with the general public.

In November, we had the pleasure of hosting the World Cancer Leaders’ Summit in Cape Town, South Africa. This high level meeting brought together more than 200 delegates to discuss how we could address the issues of cancer registries, women’s cancers and cancer treatment across sub Saharan Africa. I was delighted to see so many organisations commit to making a difference, confirming my view that the Summit plays a vital role in placing cancer on the global health agenda.

The Board of UICC continues to play a significant role in steering the organisation so that it brings value to the membership it represents. Importantly, we spent time working with the UICC CEO and his team to define with greater clarity the purpose of UICC and how that translated into action, both at Board and management level. An excellent example of teamwork concluded with a new Purpose Statement for UICC which is: “We unite the cancer community to reduce the global cancer burden, to promote greater equity, and to integrate cancer control into the world health and development agenda.” I believe

it truly represents the way in which our members wish us to operate and I was very pleased to see this confirmed in the membership survey we conducted at the end of the year.

I wish to thank the Board of UICC, Cary Adams our CEO and his great team in Geneva for the dedication they have shown in 2013. UICC is fortunate to have such a wonderful, positive and engaged community which sincerely believes in the mission of the organisation.

Mary Gospodarowicz,
President
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)