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Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Abstracts of the World Cancer Congress Geneva Switzerland 17-19 September 2024

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,&nbsp;held in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 17th to the 19th of September. This compilation reflects the d...

ReportCancerNCD LabAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingHarmful use of alcoholTobacco use+4
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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Patient navigation across the cancer care continuum: An overview of systematic reviews and emerging literature

Publication

29 Sep 2024

Patient navigation is a strategy for overcoming barriers to reduce disparities and to improve access and outcomes. The aim of this umbrella review was to identify, critically appraise, synthesize, and present the best available evidence to inform pol...

PublicationCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Association of body mass index and survival in pediatric leukemia: a meta-analysis

Publication

27 Sep 2024

Obesity is a worldwide epidemic in children and adolescents. This meta-analysis supports a significant adverse association of overweight and obesity on survival of pediatric leukemia

PublicationCancerNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets+1

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Wiley Online Library: Pediatric Blood and Cancer

A Framework for Adapted Nutritional Therapy for Children With Cancer in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Report From the SIOP PODC Nutrition Working Group

Publication

27 Sep 2024

Clinicians caring for children with cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often faced with managing complicated nutritional conditions alongside delivering the cancer therapy. Thus, the delivery of appropriate nutritional support bas...

PublicationCancerNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets+1

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Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Integrated approaches for women’s cancers: Opportunities to advance health for women

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...

ReportCancerMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

FIP STATEMENT OF POLICY - The role of the pharmacist in establishing a future free from tobacco and nicotine dependence

Declaration

18 Sep 2024

Pharmacists have a crucial role to play in tobacco and nicotine use cessation in order to reduce the heavy burden of non-communicable diseases. This policy statement, adopted by the FIP Council in September 2024, makes recommendations for pharmacists...

DeclarationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesHealth promotionTobacco use+3

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), PRESCRIP-TEC

Assessing the WHO strategy to eliminate Cervical Cancer: Insights from the PRESCRIP-TEC Project

Case study

04 Sep 2024

Cervical cancer remains a global health challenge. With an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths worldwide in 2020, cervical cancer is the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer and the fourth leading cause of death from cancer among women....

Case studyCancer

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THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS

Improving Breast Cancer Care in the Middle East and Africa

Report

03 Sep 2024

This report describes the current state of breast cancer care in the Middle East and Africa. Nine countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, and United Arab Emirates) are included. The report builds on a...

ReportCancerMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)

MPP Strategy 2023 -2025

Strategy document

22 Aug 2024

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) Strategy for 2023-2025 outlines a comprehensive plan to enhance global health by ensuring that people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have rapid access to effective and affordable medical treatments and hea...

Strategy documentCancerDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), The Lancet Global Health Commissions

Expanding access to biotherapeutics in low-income and middle-income countries through public health non-exclusive voluntary intellectual property licensing: considerations, requirements, and opportunities

Publication

19 Aug 2024

This paper focuses on expanding access to biotherapeutics in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) through public health non-exclusive voluntary intellectual property licensing.The key elements identified as relevant to support access to affordabl...

PublicationCancerDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)

Expanding Access to Life-Saving Cancer Medicines in LMICs: The Role of the Medicines Patent Pool

Briefs & Fact Sheets

16 Aug 2024

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), a United Nations-backed public health organization, plays a critical role in improving access to essential cancer medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). MPP's work focuses on addressing significant pub...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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World Health Organization

Tobacco and asthma

Publication

30 Jul 2024

This document is the ninth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and asthma. This is also intended as an advocacy tool to widely include...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesTobacco use+2

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