Mission Early brings together organisations, experts, and advocates to give everyone the best possible chance when facing cancer by improving prompt access to early detection and timely diagnosis and treatment services. It works by developing practical policy guidance, gathering evidence, and creating spaces for partners to exchange learning and experience.
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UICC members ReAct Africa and the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network highlight the role of faith‑based organisations in delivering health services across Africa and the essential role they can play in designing policies to protect people affected by antimicrobial resistance.

Faith-based organisations help address...

UICC Partners Breakfast at the World Health Assembly

Date and time
18 May - 18 May
Location

Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) office
31-33 Avenue Giuseppe-Motta
1202 Geneva
Switzerland

Organiser(s):
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
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To mark the start of the 78th World Health Assembly, UICC is pleased to invite you to its annual World Health Assembly Partners Breakfast on Monday 18 May, from 8:00 to 9:00am at the UICC offices, Avenue Giuseppe Motta 31/33, Geneva. The gathering will feature strategic updates on UICC’s future direction and the next phase of the ATOM Coalition. 

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Eva Maria Strömsholm, co-founder of Gynecological Cancer Patients of Finland, speaks about why cancer care must extend beyond treatment to lifelong support for women.

UICC’s Whistleblowing Policy provides a safe and confidential mechanism for all current and former UICC staff, volunteers, contractors and consultants, members, partners, and any third party to report serious concerns about malpractice or wrongdoing.  

 

UICC's Whistleblowing Policy
Conference hall at the UN in Geneva for the meeting of the World Health Assembly
From 18–23 May, UICC will engage at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, convening policy‑focused side events and working with governments to advance cancer priorities across NCDs, UHC and health system reform.

A strong UICC presence at the World Health...
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A major global review commissioned UICC finds that long-term air pollution exposure significantly raises cancer risk and mortality across multiple types, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations.

New report from UICC shows impact of air pollution...

Monday 20 April 2026, Geneva, Switzerland – The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), with support from the Clean Air Fund, has released a global report, Clean air in cancer control: An overview of the evidence, presenting data on the scale of cancer risk and mortality from polluted air.

Long-term exposure to air pollution (PM2.5) raises risk of developing cancer by 11% and of dying from cancer by 12% – new report from UICC
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