Staff of the Liga Nacional Contra el Cáncer Guatemala holding up number signs to spell out WHO's 2030 targets for cervical cancer elimination: 90, 70, 90

The SUCCESS project and work by civil society in Guatemala together with government authorities are making great strides towards achieving the targets laid out in WHO's Global Strategy to eliminate cervical cancer. 

Logo of the Pink Dial Project, a charity auction of watches to fundraise for breast cancer

A charity auction of bespoke watches organised to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October raised an impressive USD 525,000. UICC has been selected as the charity partner of the auction.

Woman undergoing cancer treatment at FUCAM in Mexico. Photo by Adán Jardón (c) UICC 2021.

Closing World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18-24 November), Gemma Buckland-Merrett explains how better global data can support action to curb drug-resistant infections and save modern medicine.

Woman hugging her husband

Prof. Jeff Dunn, President-elect of UICC, has been awarded a substantial grant to conduct a world-first trial of a new survivorship care model for prostate cancer patients.

Dr Manica Balasegaram, Executive Director of the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) and Dr Cary Adams, CEO of UICC

Dressed in blue to mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Dr Cary Adams and Dr Manica Balasegaram analyse the growing resistance of microbes to the drugs designed to kill them, what this means for cancer patients often exposed to them, and what actions can be taken in response.

Cancer patient in hospital receiving treatment from a caregiver. Photo by Adán Jardón at INCAN, Mexico.

Marking the beginning of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Anna Zorzet and Scott Howard make the case that often the most important treatment for people with cancer are the drugs that cure their infections.

Women conducting tests in a lab.

In this blog, Danny Milner looks at the positive as well as negative connotations associated with the term "disruption", and what recent innovations in cancer care mean for oncology, the cancer patient journey and making care available to otherwise hard-to-reach populations.

Close up of a woman looking down at her smiling daughter

While COVID-19 has slowed the progress of actions towards eliminating cervical cancer, UICC is committed to supporting its members and working with partners to realise the promise of the Global Strategy launched last year.

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