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World Cancer Day Marked With Awareness And Risk Reduction Campaign

The World Cancer Day for 2015 has been observed world over, with campaigns to increase awareness and risk reduction of the terminal disease. Yearly, February … Continue reading World Cancer Day Marked With Awareness And Risk Reduction Campaign


world cancer dayThe World Cancer Day for 2015 has been observed world over, with campaigns to increase awareness and risk reduction of the terminal disease.

Yearly, February 4 is dedicated to raising awareness of cancer and encouraging its prevention, detection and treatment.

Cancers are among the leading causes of death worldwide, with approximately 14 million new cases and 8.2 million cancer-related deaths in 2012.

Thanks to breakthroughs in research and treatment, cancer survival rates have doubled in the last 40 years.

People, Businesses, Governments and Non-Profit Organisations work together on World Cancer Day to help the general public learn more about the different types of cancer, how to watch for it, treatments and preventative measures.

Some countries use World Cancer Day to promote campaigns on various cancer issues, such as breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, and cancer in children.

Much focus goes towards awareness and risk reduction.

The Charter of Paris designated February 4 each year as World Cancer Day. UICC is responsible for coordinating World Cancer Day globally.

It receives support from various partners and organizations, including the World Health Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and other international bodies.The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), organized the first World Cancer Day in 2006.

The World Health Organization (WHO), which is the United Nations’ (UN) directing and coordinating health authority, works with organisations such as UICC on this day to promote ways to ease the Global burden of Cancer.

Recurring themes over the years focus on preventing cancer and raising the quality of life for cancer patients.

Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world, according to WHO, which estimates that 84 million people will die of cancer between 2005 and 2015 without intervention. Low-income and medium-income countries are harder hit by cancer than the high-resource countries.

It is essential to address the world’s growing cancer burden and to work on effective control measures.

World cancer day is celebrated to make aware the normal people about the risk factors and preventive measures of the cancer to get prevented or its early detection.
Generally, people suffering from the cancer are hated by the normal people in the society and behaved like an untouched person. There are various other social myths related to the cancer that normal people think that they would got cancer if they would touch or live with the person having cancer.

The day is celebrated as well to remove such type of the social myths related to the cancer. It is celebrated to make the normal aware about all the reality of the cancer like its symptoms, causing factors and treatment.