In December 2011, the Australian Government made the new standard which updates and expands the graphic health warning regime in Australia. Health warnings will now be required to cover 75% of the front of packs and 90% of the back of packs.
Madagascar has become the third country in Africa and at least the 46th country/jurisdiction in the world to require picture-based health warnings for packages of cigarettes.
World Cancer Day is celebrated every year on 4 Februrary. This year, several UICC members and partners are using the occasion to highlight the stark global disparities in access to pain relief for cancer patients:
By DEAN MWAANGA - 19 January - First Lady Christine Kaseba has appealed to employers to integrate breast and cervical cancer screening in their HIV and AIDS workplace policies.
HRH Princess Dina Mired has led the King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF) in Jordan as Director General since 2003. As a mother of a cancer survivor, she knows firsthand the challenges cancer brings to patients and their families.
