41 year-old Luciana Holtz is the founder and president of the Instituto Oncoguia - one of twenty organisations receiving a SPARC grant which aims to improve the quality of life of metastatic breast cancer patients in Brazil.
Evgenyia Aleksandrova, 53 year-old breast cancer survivor, is the founder and head of APOZ and Friends, one of the SPARC grantee organisations that has a major influence on healthcare policies in Bulgaria.
Albert Ndayisaba works as Program on Social and Economic Rights Manager for Partners in Health - Inshuti Mu Buzima in Rwanda, one of the 20 organisations around the world receiving a SPARC grant.
The World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. But do you know that the longer women breast feed the more they are protected against breast cancer ?
The Regional meetings bring together UICC Members from the same region to share their expertise, discuss relevant topics to their area, and further strengthen their collaboration at local, national and regional levels.
With less than 100 days to go until the Congress, we are excited to launch our plenary programme which features some of the world’s top cancer and health leaders.
Cancer societies must invest more resources to reduce environmental and occupational cancer risk exposure.
28 July 2016 – Globally, 95% of people living with a key cancer-causing infection are unaware. On World Hepatitis Day, the World Hepatitis Alliance is calling for a dramatic scale up in viral hepatitis testing to eliminate preventable deaths from hepatitis worldwide by 2030.
Bertha Aguilar is 48 years old and a breast cancer survivor. She is Co-founder and President of the Cimab Foundation in Mexico, one of the 20 organisations receiving a SPARC grant to address the issues facing women with metastatic breast cancer worldwide.
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) is launching an epic European cycling event in support of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), to accelerate the fight against cancer and improve the quality of life for cancer patients.
