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Icon Group, a UICC partner, offers to share their expertise with cancer professionals from around the globe by hosting international UICC Technical Fellows within its network

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The World Health Organization (WHO) published an updated version of its Essential Medicines List (EML). UICC welcomes the strong focus on cancer with twelve new cancer medicines added.

Every year, the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) brings together key decision makers from around the world to facilitate debates about emerging issues related to cancer control.

HRH Princess Dina Mired, The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health (Canada), TBC, and Dr Julie Torode

Women Deliver takes place every three years, bringing together people from across a multitude of sectors, issues, and cultures. The participants, 20% of whom in 2016 were young people, want to be agents of change and gain insights into solutions that they can be part of. The 2019 theme was: 'Power, Progress, Change' attracting a record number of 8000+ participants from over 170 countries.

This past World Health Assembly (WHA) saw delegates from all 192 WHO member States, along with civil society and other observers come together to discuss key global health issues.

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