World Cancer Day 2022-2024 Campaign Summary Report

Campaign objectives

Half the world’s population lacks access to the full range of essential health services. When it comes to cancer, many are denied basic care, despite awe-inspiring advancements in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This is the equity gap – and it’s costing lives. People who seek cancer care hit barriers at every turn. Income, education, geographical location and discrimination based on ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, and lifestyle are just a few of the factors that can negatively affect care. The most disadvantaged groups are also more likely to have increased exposure to other risk factors, like tobacco, unhealthy diet or environmental hazards.

The gap affects everyone. While it’s more pronounced in low- and middle-income countries, well-resourced countries show dramatic disparities too.

But this is not set in stone, and it can be changed. The care gap can be closed. That’s why, for World Cancer Day 2022- 2024, UICC launched the new campaign under the title ‘Close The Care Gap’.

The objective of the campaign was to:

• raise awareness about the inequities and unfairness in cancer care and the wider health care,

• inspire individuals, organisations, and governments to engage in activities that close the care gap,

• place cancer care and control on the top of leaders’ agendas to close the most pressing equity gaps in cancer care and control.

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