CC2015 - Cancer Control

Making cancer control part of the national health agenda: The World Health Organization’s country cooperation strategy and comprehensive cancer control planning

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | Cancer control planning, CC2015 | 0

This article provides an overview of the principles behind the World Health Organization’s guidance for national cancer control planning. It also describes the WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) which enables national governments to integrate cancer programmes into the broader national health agenda and to collaborate with a wide variety of international partners.

The International Cancer Control Partnership: Building capacity in cancer control planning

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | Cancer control planning, CC2015 | 0

Julie Torode, Deputy CEO and Advocacy AND Programmes Director of the Union for International...

Cancer prevention and treatment in developing countries: Recommendations for action

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | Cancer control planning, CC2015 | 0

Once thought to be challenges for affluent countries alone, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases are now the leading cause of death and disability in developing countries.

Growing demands to fight cancer in low- and middle-income countries: The response from IAEA’s Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT)

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | Cancer management, CC2015 | 0

In this article, the authors review the key drivers for increasing demand for technical support on cancer control from low- and middle-income Member States to the UN system in general, and the IAEA in particular.

The current status of palliative care in India

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | Cancer management, CC2015 | 0

Mr Rajagopal, Director, Who Collaborating Centre for Policy and Training on access to pain relief...

Mobile Technology in cancer control for emerging health systems: Digital divide or digital provide?

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | Cancer management, CC2015 | 0

We live in an age of technology optimists, where innovation has become a byword for facilitation, improvement and success. In the field of development, information and communication technologies – defined broadly as any technologies used to create, disseminate and manage information, and including the internet, broadcasting mediums, and both fixed line and mobile telephony – have repeatedly demonstrated their use value in offering solutions to challenges facing emerging nations

Developing a library of educational resources for the palliative care community

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | Cancer training and education | 0

Danny Burke, Head of Education,ecancer.org; Fiona Rawlinson, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Course Director, the Palliative Care Education Department, Cardiff University, UK; Gordon McVie, Senior Consultant, European...

A partnership model for the training and professional development of health-care staff in low-resource settings

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | Cancer training and education, CC2015 | 0

The model of “health partnerships” or “twinning” between hospitals or health-care training institutions in high-income countries and those in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) has a role to play in addressing global deficiencies in the quantity, quality and accessibility of human resources for cancer control.

Lung cancer in urban China

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | Disease-specific cancer control | 0

Ya-Guang Fan, Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin MEDICAL University General Hospital, Tianjin, China;...

Prevention of hepatitis B-related liver fibrosis and liver cancer in Africa: The PROLIFICA project

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | CC2015, Disease-specific cancer control | 0

J Howell, Department of Hepatology, Imperial College, London, UK, Centre for Population Health, Marfarlane-Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia; Y Shimakawa, MRC...

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC): The Sixth Session of the Conference of the Parties

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | CC2015, Regional initiatives | 0

Laurent Huber, Director, Action on Smoking and Health in the United States and Health and Framework Convention Alliance. The sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP6) took place in Moscow, Russian Federation, from 13...

Decentralization of cancer care and hospital-based health technology assessments in Egypt

by Cancer Control | Jul 28, 2015 | CC2015, Regional initiatives | 0

Amr Shafik Saad, Lecturer in Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt; Abdalla Abo Taleb, World Health Organization Expert and Consultant, Egyptian Ministry of Health and Khaled Kamal, Assistant...

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Making cancer control part of the national health agenda: The World Health Organization’s country cooperation strategy and comprehensive cancer control planning

The International Cancer Control Partnership: Building capacity in cancer control planning

Cancer prevention and treatment in developing countries: Recommendations for action

Growing demands to fight cancer in low- and middle-income countries: The response from IAEA’s Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT)

The current status of palliative care in India

Mobile Technology in cancer control for emerging health systems: Digital divide or digital provide?

Developing a library of educational resources for the palliative care community

A partnership model for the training and professional development of health-care staff in low-resource settings

Lung cancer in urban China

Prevention of hepatitis B-related liver fibrosis and liver cancer in Africa: The PROLIFICA project

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC): The Sixth Session of the Conference of the Parties

Decentralization of cancer care and hospital-based health technology assessments in Egypt

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