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Tick World Cancer DayWorld Health Organization (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) launches on Friday, World Framework of References for Combating Canceran online platform that will promote global prevention and the development of Area Codes to help fight the disease.

Based on current scientific evidence, At least 40% of all cancers could be prevented with effective primary prevention measuresand further mortality can be reduced through early detection of tumours.

Regional difference

Carolina Espina, IARC scientist who led the project, explains that some risk factors are common worldwide, but some patterns are specific to certain regions and economic conditions socio-economic and cultural.

The new framework thus provides a common strategy and methodology for developing recommendations tailored to the context and needs of local people.

This framework builds on the success of the fourth edition of the European Code against Cancer.

“This new platform will host existing Area Codes against cancer, such as European Codes… as well as Area Codes currently under development, such as Latin American and Caribbean Area Codes against cancer, and other Area Codes in the future”, Dr. Espina explained.

The Latin America and Caribbean Anti-Cancer Code is expected to come out in 2023. This will be the first regional adaptation of the European Anti-Cancer Code.

ray of hope initiative

Also on Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced a new initiative, called Rays of Hope, to assist Member States in diagnosis and treatment with radiation technology, starting with the African countries most in need.

In a joint statementWorld Health Organization (WHO) The Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the Director General of the IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, explain the extent of the influence of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

By 2040, more than 70% of cancer deaths are expected to occur in LMICs.

Recommended interventions to prevent cancer and other non-communicable diseases have not been fully implemented, and treatment remains inaccessible in many parts of the world, according to the two officials.

Globally, an estimated half of people diagnosed with cancer may require radiation therapy as part of their care, yet many countries do not have a single radiotherapy machine.“, they say.

The difference is particularly stark in Africa, where nearly 70% of countries report that radiation therapy is generally not available.

The IAEA and WHO have had a longstanding partnership to assist Member States in addressing their cancer burden.

Organizations have successfully supported more than 90 governments through collision mission assessment, and through the WHO cancer initiatives in cervical cancer, childhood cancer and breast cancer.



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