February 4 – World Cancer Day

04.02.2011 [11:40]
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Baku, February 4 (AZERTAC). World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. It is led by the International Union Against Cancer, a global consortium of more than 350 cancer-fighting organizations in over 100 countries. World Cancer Day targets the public through global communications marketing, and encourages policy makers and UICC member organizations to make cancer a political priority.

The International Union Against Cancer (UICC) initiated the World Cancer Campaign in 2005 in response to the Charter of Paris of 2000. The Charter of Paris chose 4th February as World Cancer Day. Since 2006, UICC has coordinated World Cancer Day activities, supported by members, partners, the World Health Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and other international bodies. WHO and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the specialized cancer agency of WHO, collaborate with other United Nations organizations and partners in the areas of international cancer prevention and control to: increase political commitment for cancer prevention and control; generate new knowledge, and disseminate existing knowledge to facilitate the delivery of evidence-based approaches to cancer control; develop standards and tools to guide the planning and implementation of interventions for prevention, early detection, treatment and care; facilitate broad networks of cancer control partners at global, regional and national levels; strengthen health systems at national and local levels; provide technical assistance for rapid, effective transfer of best practice interventions to developing countries; and coordinate and conduct research on the causes of human cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and develop scientific strategies for cancer prevention and control.

An estimated 84 million people will either have died or will die of cancer between 2005 and 2015 without intervention. The International Union Against Cancer (UICC) organized the first World Cancer Day in 2006.

February 4 – World Cancer Day

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