Guide
06 Jun 2025
UICC’s 2025 Cervical Cancer Advocacy handbook serves as a practical guide to support civil society organisations (CSOs) and patient groups in advocating for comprehensive cervical cancer prevention, screening and treatment services, in line with the WHO Global Strategy to eliminate cervical cancer and the latest recommendations since its launch. Despite being preventable and treat...
Strategy document
03 Jun 2025
The joint response from the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRFI) and McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer outlines the cancer community's feedback and recommendations on the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration on NCDs and mental health, and integrating text proposals from the NCD Alliance.
Case study
03 Jan 2025
THE NEW WORLD CANCER DAY THEME 2025-2027 “UNITED BY UNIQUE” PLACES PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF CARE AND THEIR STORIES AT THE HEART OF THE CONVERSATION. Cancer is more than just a medical diagnosis — it’s a deeply personal matter. Behind every diagnosis lies a unique human story - stories of grief, pain, healing, resilience, love and more. That’s why a people-centred approach to can...
16 Nov 2024
The disparity in access to essential cancer medicines between less and more affluent countries is a major source ofinequities in access to cancer care. In May 2022, the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) launched a new initiative, the Access to Oncology Medicines Coalition (ATOM Coalition), bringing together over 40 organisations from the private and civil society sectors to cooperate a...
Report
30 Oct 2024
UICC’s Breast Cancer Advocacy handbook aims to guide and inspire cancer organisations and advocates in mobilising governments and institutions to prioritise breast cancer in national funding and policy agendas, driving progress to reduce the national breast cancer burden. The handbook is aligned with, and builds upon, WHO’s Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI), which aims to cut global breas...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
30 Sep 2024
These ready-made social media cards and messages can be used to raise awareness about key information on breast cancer.
Report
30 Sep 2024
It is with great pleasure that we present this collection of abstracts, selected from the top 200 submissions to the 2024 World Cancer Congress, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 17th to the 19th of September. This compilation reflects the diversity, innovation, and pursuit of knowledge from researchers, programme managers, policy makers and advocates from around the world. It charac...
Report
19 Sep 2024
This publication explores the topic of integrated approaches for women’s cancers, providing insights from the perspective of those accessing care, to service delivery and across the building blocks of the health systems. It offers a picture of the state of integrated approaches for women’s cancers as of today, highlighting good practices, case studies, considerations and areas where greater at...
Fact sheet
12 May 2024
Download various infographics demonstrating how quitting smoking can have tangible positive effects and other tobacco key facts.
Case study
12 Nov 2023
As part of its focus on women’s cancers, specifically in supporting the implementation of the WHO Global Strategy for the elimination of cervical cancer, UICC engaged in a situational analysis of civil society organisations’ (CSOs) role in increasing access to, and uptake of HPV vaccination in low- and middle countries. The objective was to build on existing momentum to accelerate access...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Sep 2023
This page regroups important resources on cervical cancer elimination such as infographics, videos, documents and links.
Report
01 May 2023
Organised by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and co-hosted by the Cancer Coalition Philippines, the Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue is the third in a series bringing together the cancer community in different regions to discuss and share learning on the topic of women’s cancers. Participants included UICC members – civil society, patient groups, cancer centres – and...
