What is the World Cancer Declaration?

The World Cancer Declaration 2008 builds on the Charter of Paris 2000 and the World Cancer Declaration approved by the World Cancer Congress in Washington in 2006. It calls for concerted strategic action to reduce the global cancer burden and identifies long-term goals, intermediate targets, and priority actions for endorsement by the World Cancer Congress 2008.

At the World Cancer Congress in Washington in July 2006, the global cancer community united behind a call for urgent action to deal with the worldwide cancer crisis by launching the World Cancer Declaration. It outlined the steps needed to address this global crisis over the next decades, and a progress report will be presented in at the congress in August.

Why is the declaration important?

The declaration is a call for action and a tool to help cancer advocates bring the growing cancer crisis to the attention of national, regional and global health policymakers. It represents a consensus between civil society, academia, governments, the private sector, and national and international governmental and non-governmental organizations that are committed to eliminating cancer as a major threat for future generations.

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