What it is
World Cancer Day is the one singular initiative under which the entire world can unite together in the fight against the global cancer epidemic. It takes place every year on 4 February.
World Cancer Day aims to prevent millions of deaths each year by raising awareness and education about cancer, and pressing governments and individuals across the world to take action against the disease.
UICC continues to expand on the success and impact of the day and is committed to ensuring that year-on-year the event is seen and heard by more people around the world. UICC does this by developing a campaign that serves the different organizational priorities of its members worldwide.
- UICC offers tools and guidance to encourage its member organizations to run local cancer awareness campaigns that are aligned and adapted to the global World Cancer Day message.
- On an above-country level, UICC works to seize digital, traditional, and social media opportunities to raise public awareness of the day.
Through the continued support of members and key partners, World Cancer Day has firmly cemented itself in calendars across the world.
World Cancer Day is more than a day on the calendar. That’s why our campaign is built to inspire change and mobilize action long after the day itself. A multi-year campaign means more exposure and engagement, more opportunities to build global awareness, and ultimately more impact.
The theme for World Cancer Day 2022-2024 is Close the Care Gap(link is external). We know that every single one of us has the ability to make a difference, large or small and that together we can make real progress in reducing the global impact of cancer.
Ref: https://www.uicc.org/what-we-do/convening/world-cancer-day
