News 04 April 2019 World Cancer Day 2019 Ignites Action Newly released report offers look at the achievements of one of the biggest health awareness days. Header Paragraph 2019 marked the beginning of the three-year 'I Am and I Will' World Cancer Day campaign, which stirred supporters towards action. The newly released report provides an in-depth look at these actions, showing a high-impact, high quality campaign. World Cancer Day focused the world's attention this past 4 February; the campaign achieved tremendous cut-through, trended globally on Twitter, became one of the primary press stories of the day and reached more and more supporters. The amount of reach, engagement and coverage was remarkable, offering a significant opportunity for the international cancer community and UICC members to tap into the incredible momentum and attention around the day to showcase their life-saving work in cancer, grow their own profile, and amplify their voice. Together the actions of UICC members and supporters this year helped to achieve remarkable results: 947 activities in 127 countries 15,810 press articles in 154 countries 741,936 social media mentions, helping the day trend worldwide on Twitter 300,360 unique visits to worldcancerday.org 62 governments participating 55 landmarks illuminated in 37 cities World Cancer Day continues to drive impact and action. The Impact Report details some of these acts as a reminder that all of our actions - big and small - has a powerful and incredible impact. Download the Impact Report Also available in: Arabic | Brazilian Portuguese | French | Spanish Tags World Cancer Day World Cancer Day 2019 Impact Report Last update Friday 07 June 2019 Share this page