Dr Princess Nothemba Simelela, Assistant Director-General for Strategic Programmatic Priorities: Cervical Cancer Elimination, offers her insights into the importance of WHO’s Global Strategy and the challenges facing its implementation.

Nominations for Best CEO and Best World Cancer Day Spirit Awards open until 31st August 

The Children’s Cancer Center Lebanon is launching a fundraising campaign with Global Citizen, Red Cross Lebanon, the UN World Food Programme and the CEO of XO, Wassim Slaiby.

Since the launch last May of UICC’s Virtual Dialogues, a total of 345 professionals have participated in this new suite of online activities introduced in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The organisations who were awarded UICC-Pfizer SPARC grants last year have shown resilience in face of COVID-19 in addressing metastatic breast cancer (MBC) with virtual support groups, home visits and a radio drama series.

WHO’s Global Strategy for the elimination of cervical cancer marks an unprecedented move to mobilise the international health community and ensure that future generations of women do not die from a preventable cancer.

Significant disparities in cancer care exist for Indigenous Peoples across the world, requiring targeted and tailored outreach to overcome the myriad challenges to closing the equity gap.