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Declaration

The World Cancer Declaration is a tool to help bring the growing cancer crisis to the attention of government leaders and health policymakers in order to significantly reduce the global cancer burden by 2020.

It represents a consensus between government officials, public health experts and cancer advocates from around the world who are committed to eliminating cancer as a life-threatening disease for future generations.

The Declaration outlines 11 targets to be achieved by 2020 including: significant drops in global tobacco consumption, obesity and alcohol intake; universal vaccination programmes for hepatitis B and human papilloma virus (HPV) to prevent liver and cervical cancer; dramatic reductions in the emigration of health workers with specialist cancer training; universal availability of effective pain medication; and dispelling myths and misconceptions about cancer.

As the custodian of the Declaration, UICC encourages priority actions to achieve the Declaration’s targets locally and nationally and promotes a comprehensive response across the globe.

Declaration news

500,000 signatures go to the UN Summit on NCDs

UICC and its member organisations collected over 500,000 World Cancer Declaration signatures ahead of the UN Summit on NCDs, sending a powerful cancer message to Heads of State and other participants. 

Member Pledges

Demonstrating your commitment to the Declaration can be as easy as pledging your support through a signature drive.

Momentum moves the Maximize Life Campaign beyond 10,000 signatures

The Max Foundation, a proud UICC member, dedicated to supporting people living with blood and rare cancers in under-served regions of the world, has just exceeded their goal of collecting over 10,000 signatures for the World Cancer Declaration!

Read the declaration

The Declaration calls on the world to take immediate steps to reduce the global cancer burden by committing to the 11 Declaration targets and providing resources and political backing for the priority actions need to achieve them.

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Targets

Target 1: Ensure Effective Delivery Systems in all Countries

Sustainable delivery systems will be in place to ensure that effective cancer control programmes are available in all countries.

Toolkit

The Declaration toolkit has been developed to assist individuals and organisations to understand the goal of the World Cancer Declaration in order to implement activities that work towards achieving the 2020 Targets and Priority Actions.

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