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Mar 29, 2025, 13:09 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The 2nd WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on X: "The…
Mar 26, 2025, 17:26 | Blog
Jérôme Salomon: New WHO guidance calls for urgent transformation of mental health policies
Professor Jérôme Salomon, Assistant Director General ADG SDG  at World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn:…
Mar 20, 2025, 07:58 | Blog
Partha Basu: A full house IARC session on ECCvC at EUROGIN 2025
Partha Basu, Head of the Early Detection, Prevention, and Infections Branch at the International Agency…
Mar 18, 2025, 18:36 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Overlapping global crises require a global response
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on LinkedIn: "We…
Mar 15, 2025, 18:07 | Blog
A global survey on the emotional, social, and financial impact of cancer - Childhood Cancer International
Childhood Cancer International shared a post on X: "Your Voice Matters in Cancer Research! WHO…
Mar 13, 2025, 07:36 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: TU Delft, AI becomes WHO Collaborating Centre on AI for Health Governance
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, posted on LinkedIn: "AI holds immense…
Mar 13, 2025, 07:23 | Blog
Partha Basu: A fabulous experience to the Karolinska University
Partha Basu, Head of the Early Detection, Prevention, and Infections Branch at the International Agency…
Mar 13, 2025, 06:52 | Blog
Jiri Zavadil: Open Calls for Applications in IARC
Jiri Zavadil, Scientist, Deputy Head, Epigenomics and Mechanisms Branch at International Agency for Research on…
Mar 10, 2025, 13:45 | Blog
Mira Elisa Specker: Call Open for Applications - IARC Postdoctoral Fellowships in Cancer Research
Mira Elisa Specker, Branch Secretary, Learning & Capacity Building at IARC/WHO, shared a post on…
Mar 9, 2025, 04:47 | Blog
Strategies to improve access to Breast Cancer treatment and care in low-source settings - UICC
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) shared a post on LinkedIn: "Too many women around…
Mar 9, 2025, 03:09 | Blog
Anjali Srivastava: WHO has launched a public consultation on the TPP for paediatric formulations
Anjali Srivastava, global health consultant for the WHO Cancer team and Board member of the…
Mar 6, 2025, 07:34 | Blog
New Policy Review on Cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region - IARC/WHO
IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer / World Health Organization shared a post…
Mar 4, 2025, 08:54 | Blog
International HPV Awareness Day: Educating for a Healthier Future
Today OncoDaily is joining the oncology community to recognize International HPV Awareness Day, which is…
Mar 4, 2025, 05:18 | Blog
Wafaa M Rashed: Access to medicine is just one piece of the puzzle
Wafaa M Rashed, Faculty Lecturer of pharmacy at Ahram Canadian University, reshared a post by…
Mar 3, 2025, 15:54 | Blog
Jihan Azar: Childhood Cancer Inequalities in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
Jihan Azar, Consultant at World Health Organization, shared a post on LinkedIn: "Two weeks ago,…
Mar 3, 2025, 10:28 | Blog
Jérôme Salomon: Preparation for the 4th High Level Meeting during United Nations General Assembly
Jérôme SALOMON, Assistant Director General of World Health Organization, shared a post on LinkedIn: "In…
Mar 1, 2025, 10:57 | Blog
Wafaa Rashed: Childhood Cancer - Access to Medicine Is Just the Beginning
Wafaa Rashed, Faculty Lecturer of pharmacy at Ahram Canadian University, reshared a post by World…
Feb 28, 2025, 18:34 | Opinion
Does Sunscreen Cause Cancer? Myths and Facts
Sunscreen is often scrutinized for concerns regarding its safety, with some questioning its potential link…
Feb 28, 2025, 12:08 | Blog
Jérôme Salomon: 1st ever WHO treaty marks 20 years of saving millions of lives worldwide
Jérôme Salomon, Assistant Director General of World Health Organization, shared a post on LinkedIn: "1st…
Feb 25, 2025, 13:56 | Blog
Jasmin Hundal: What Drives Cancer Risk in Adults vs. Children?
Jasmin Hundal, Hematology Oncology Fellow at Cleveland Clinic, shared a post on LinkedIn: "What Drives…
Feb 25, 2025, 13:26 | Science
Partha Basu: 'Screen, triage and treat' vs 'screen and treat' for WLHIV positive on HPV test
Partha Basu, Early Detection, Prevention, and Infections Branch at the International Agency for Research on…
Feb 24, 2025, 07:41 | Blog
Wafaa M Rashed: Childhood cancer is not just a national issue—it is a global crisis
Wafaa M Rashed, Faculty Lecturer of pharmacy at Ahram Canadian University, shared a post on…
Feb 23, 2025, 09:45 | Blog
Dalia Abouhussein: A remarkable day for the African Continent
Dalia Abouhussein, Quality Assurance Director at Egyptian Drug Authority, shared a post on LinkedIn: "Today…
Feb 22, 2025, 11:15 | Insight
Henrik Ullum: The urgent need to protect WHO is also an opportunity
Henrik Ullum, Chief Executive Officer of Statens Serum Institute, shared a post on LinkedIn about…
Feb 20, 2025, 10:11 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: WHO has supported 59 countries to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, posted on X: "In many countries,…
Feb 19, 2025, 14:53 | Blog
Isabel Mestres: Global health is in crisis
Isabel Mestres, CEO of the City Cancer Challenge, shared a post on LinkedIn: "Dear C/Can Cities,…
Feb 18, 2025, 19:16 | Science
Ana Carolina Izurieta Pacheco: Global perspective on childhood cancer survivorship care in limited resource settings
Ana Carolina Izurieta Pacheco, Childhood Cancer Survivorship Fellow at The Hospital for Sick Children, shared…
Feb 17, 2025, 10:07 | Blog
IARC to co-host BioMed-AI Summer School - IARC/ WHO
IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer / World Health Organization shared a post…
Feb 17, 2025, 07:47 | Insight
Hanna Tolonen: The future of global health depends on WHO's ability to continue its crucial work
Hanna Tolonen, Director of Research of Development and Innovation at the Finnish Institute for Health…
Feb 16, 2025, 10:43 | Opinion
Does 5G Mobile Network Cause Cancer? Myths and Facts
The rapid deployment of 5G networks is reshaping the global communications landscape, promising faster speeds,…
Feb 13, 2025, 11:08 | Blog
Giuseppe Troisi: International delivery of essential childhood cancer medicines
Giuseppe Troisi, Technical Officer at the World Health Organization, shared a post on LinkedIn: "The…
Feb 13, 2025, 08:16 | Blog
Wafaa Rashed: Recent funding cuts threaten the future of lifesaving treatments
Wafaa Rashed, Chair and Founder of PAPERI, shared a post on LinkedIn: " 'Childhood cancer…
Feb 13, 2025, 07:33 | Blog
Araceli Morales Zecua: The Global Platform is officially launched
Araceli Morales Zecua, Project Manager, Global Platform for Childhood Cancer Medicines at World Health Organization,…
Feb 13, 2025, 07:13 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: WHO remains committed to encouraging more women to enter science
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on LinkedIn: "On…
Feb 8, 2025, 07:06 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Chikwe Ihekweazu is appointed as acting WHO African Region Regional Director
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on X: "I…
Feb 7, 2025, 20:43 | Blog
Comparing the classifications for secondary AML from WHO and ICC - EHA
European Hematology Association (EHA) posted on X: "Today’s EHA Thinking Thursday focuses on comparing the…
Feb 7, 2025, 08:14 | Science
New analyses of global variations in Lung Cancer incidence - IARC/ WHO
IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer / World Health Organization shared an article…
Feb 6, 2025, 14:25 | Blog
Adrian Pogacian: Lived experience of people affected by cancer - Romanian version
Adrian Pogacian, Co-Founder at INCKA Psycho-oncology Center, shared on LinkedIn: World Cancer Day. It is…
Feb 6, 2025, 10:03 | Insight
Julie Torode: Great to see Member States championing the elimination of cervical cancer
Julie Torode, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Patient and Community Engagement, Institute of Cancer Policy at…
Feb 5, 2025, 22:20 | Blog
Lacy Hubbard: The FAST model is revolutionizing cervical cancer screening
Lacy Hubbard, President and CEO of Elekta Foundation, shared on LinkedIn: "Proud to present the…
Feb 5, 2025, 20:44 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Uganda's Health Ministry has started a vaccine trial against Ebola Sudan virus
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), shared a post on LinkedIn:…
Jan 29, 2025, 15:11 | Blog
Madhukar Pai: WHO is all of us. We are all WHO
Madhukar Pai, Inaugural Chair of the Department of Global and Public Health at McGill University,…
Jan 27, 2025, 09:32 | Blog
Discussing research collaborations with Egypt's Presidential Initiative for Women's Health at BGICC - IARC/WHO
IARC/WHO (International Agency for Research on Cancer/World Health Organization) shared a post on LinkedIn: "IARC…
Jan 27, 2025, 09:18 | Insight
Gregg Margolis: Top Three Health Policy Articles
Gregg Margolis, Director of Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs at the National Academy of…
Jan 25, 2025, 12:41 | Blog
Robin Vicken Ohannessian: Global Health is a shared responsibility
Robin Vicken Ohannessian, Founder and CEO of Vickino, shared a post on LinkedIn: "Global Health…
Jan 22, 2025, 14:47 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), shared a post on LinkedIn:…
Jan 22, 2025, 13:29 | Blog
President Trump has announced U.S. Withdrawal from the World Health Organization
On January 20th 2025, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from…
Jan 21, 2025, 08:29 | Blog
Richard Sullivan: In one stroke of the pen the USA (again) heads for the WHO exit
Richard Sullivan, Director of the Institute of Cancer Policy, shared a post on LinkedIn: "And…
Jan 20, 2025, 19:57 | Blog
Eleonora Varntoumian: Delivering a speech at the WHO Athens Office on Quality of Care and Patient Safety
Eleonora Varntoumian, Policy Manager at EHMA (European Health Management Association), shared a post on LinkedIn:…
Jan 19, 2025, 12:24 | Blog
Global Survey on the Lived Experience of People Affected by Cancer - KidzCan Zimbabwe
KidzCan Zimbabwe shared a post on LinkedIn: "Calling all cancer advocates and survivors! The World…
Jan 18, 2025, 13:42 | Blog
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month - International Agency for Research on Cancer
IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer/World Health Organization shared a post on LinkedIn:…
Jan 17, 2025, 13:20 | Blog
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: Cervical cancer is the first cancer we can eliminate for good
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, UICC President-Elect of 2024-2026, posted on LinkedIn: "Cervical cancer is the first cancer…
Jan 15, 2025, 17:58 | Blog
Felice Gorordo: The White House's round table on the creation of the Global Cancer Fund
Felice Gorordo, World Bank Group Alternate Executive Director for the United States, shared a post…
Jan 15, 2025, 15:27 | Insight
Sylvester Study Highlights Global Trends in Lung Cancer Risk Factors: Tobacco, Pollution, and Asbestos
Tobacco use remains the leading cause of death, while particulate matter pollution emerges as a…
Jan 14, 2025, 16:09 | Blog
Amani Masaule: Cancer is a silent epidemic
Amani Masaule, Program Coordinator at Cancer Fight Tanzania, shared a post on LinkedIn: "Walking through…
Jan 11, 2025, 07:36 | Science
Shahrin Ahmed: The protection against cervical cancer may be achieved with fewer doses of HPV vaccine
Shahrin Ahmed, a Medical Specialist at the Canadian Cancer Society, shared on X: ''The protection…
Jan 10, 2025, 08:57 | Blog
Alexey Kulikov: The Second General Meeting of the GCM/NCD
Alexey Kulikov, Head of Partnerships and Operations, Deputy Head of Secretariat for the UN NCD…
Jan 7, 2025, 14:43 | Blog
WHO - Preventing cervical cancer, start the new year healthy, and learn about genomics
WHO shared on LinkedIn: "It's cervical cancer awareness month: get informed, ger screened and get vaccinated!…
Jan 4, 2025, 15:27 | Blog
Christos Tsagkaris: 2024 witnessed bridges between clinical practice and policy impact
Christos Tsagkaris, Resident Doctor at Kinderspital Zürich, shared a post on LinkedIn: "As the trees…
Jan 2, 2025, 15:51 | Blog
Manushak Avagyan: Reflecting on 2024 - A Year of Growth and Milestones 
Manushak Avagyan, Associate Medical Director of Agenus, shared a post on LinkedIn: "Reflecting on 2024:…
Dec 30, 2024, 12:36 | Blog
Jean Kaseya: No one serving humanity should endure violence
Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa CDC, shared a post on X: "Today, I spoke…
Dec 25, 2024, 09:10 | Science
Greg J. Fox: Levofloxacin's safety for preventing multidrug-resistant TB
Greg J. Fox, Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Interim Director of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre…
Dec 22, 2024, 10:15 | Science
Dégi László Csaba: Thrilled to announce the new Lancet Oncology Policy Review analyzing NCCPs worldwide
Dégi László Csaba, President of the European Cancer Organisation, shared an article by Yannick Romero…
Dec 21, 2024, 11:18 | Blog
Jérôme Salomon: President Macron, WHO Director-General and global health leaders inaugurate WHO Academy
Jérôme Salomon, Assistant Director General ADG SDG at the World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn:…
Dec 21, 2024, 05:42 | Insight
Raffaella Casolino: How to integrate cancer into crisis?
Raffaella Casolino, Technical Officer at the World Health Organization, shared a post on LinkedIn: “How…
Dec 21, 2024, 04:36 | Insight
A holistic global strategy for incorporating cancer care into crisis response initiatives - The Institute of Cancer and Crisis
The Institute of Cancer and Crisis (ICC) shared a post on LinkedIn, about a paper…
Dec 20, 2024, 14:38 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The WHO Academy has opened its door to the world
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), shared a post on Linkedin:…
Dec 14, 2024, 13:04 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Health For All means everyone can access the health services they need, without financial hardship
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared on X: "When you need health services, can you access them? Can…
Dec 14, 2024, 02:43 | Blog
Jérôme Salomon: New WHO report reveals governments deprioritizing health spending
Jérôme Salomon, Assistant Director General ADG SDG at the World Health Organization, shared a post…
Dec 12, 2024, 15:42 | Blog
Sofiat Akinola: Addressing the decline in Cervical Screening
Sofiat Akinola, Director, Health Policy and External Affairs at Roche, shared a post on LinkedIn:…
Dec 10, 2024, 17:51 | Blog
Bente Mikkelsen: Oslo Science City’s potential in health research
Bente Mikkelsen, Former Director of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, posted the…
Dec 9, 2024, 17:55 | Blog
Shahrin Ahmed: The treatment of multiple myeloma is being improved
Shahrin Ahmed, Medical Specialist oncology at Canadian Cancer Society and Associate Professor at Staffordshire University,…
Dec 8, 2024, 05:22 | Insight
Jérôme Salomon: Delighted to announce the launch of the World Health Organization Global NCD Platform Incentive Grant Programme
Jérôme Salomon, Assistant Director General ADG SDG at World Health Organization, shared a post on…
Dec 7, 2024, 10:28 | Blog
Highlights from Global Cancer Movement: Challenging the Status Quo in Colorectal Cancer - Day 1
The first day of our inaugural Global Cancer Movement, “Challenging the Status Quo in Colorectal…
Dec 7, 2024, 02:35 | Blog
Robin van Kessel: Addressing Health Determinants in a Digital Age
Robin van Kessel, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University and André Hoffmann Fellow at LSE Health…
Dec 7, 2024, 01:33 | Blog
Giuseppe Troisi: Launching results of the WHO EMRO project
Giuseppe Troisi, Technical Officer (NCDs) at World Health Organization, shared the following on LinkedIn: “I am…
Dec 5, 2024, 13:42 | Insight
Women's Cancer in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region - A Situation Analysis and Investment Case Report
In the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, women's cancers, especially cervical and breast cancer, are a…
Dec 4, 2024, 09:54 | Positive
100 Influential Women in Oncology: Key Opinion Leaders to follow on Social Media in 2024
Starting on August 26, in honor of Women’s Equality Day in the United States, which…
Dec 3, 2024, 17:06 | Blog
Lacy Hubbard: Discussing the Nation’s Bold Mission 2027—The Goal to Eliminate Cervical Cancer by 2027
 Lacy Hubbard, President of the Elekta Foundation, shared a post on LinkedIn: "Today, I had…
Dec 3, 2024, 16:17 | Blog
Emad Shash: Uniting for a better patient journey in Breast Cancer Care
Emad Shash, General Manager of the Breast Cancer Comprehensive Center of the National Cancer Institute…
Dec 2, 2024, 10:01 | Blog
Women, Power, and Cancer: my latest interview with ecancer - Ophira Ginsburg
Ophira Ginsburg, the Senior Scientific Officer and Senior Advisor for Clinical Research at the US…
Dec 1, 2024, 21:26 | Blog
Shaibu Issa: The launch of WHO’s new operational guide on priorities in planning hepatitis B and C testing services
Shaibu Issa, Member HBV Global Community Advisory Board at Hepatitis B Foundation, shared a post…
Nov 30, 2024, 23:26 | Blog
Global Breast Cancer Initiative Implementation Planning Workshop by WHO - City Cancer Challenge
City Cancer Challenge shared a post on LinkedIn: "Cali is at the forefront of a…
Nov 30, 2024, 23:26 | Blog
Mortality and loss to follow-up among cancer patients in Kisumu Country, Kenya - KEMRI
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) shared a post on LinkedIn: "At least 59% of cancer…
Nov 30, 2024, 17:03 | Blog
Devora Kestel: The official launch of the new WHO and UNICEF Service Guidance on Mental Health for Children and Young People
Devora Kestel, Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Use at WHO, shared…
Nov 30, 2024, 16:13 | Blog
Maria Navarro: Adapting WHO’s GBCI framework to Cali’s unique context
Maria Navarro, Regional Director of Latin America at City Cancer Challenge Foundation, shared a post…
Nov 30, 2024, 16:06 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Meeting with Foreign and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), shared on X: "Met with Foreign…
Nov 30, 2024, 14:20 | Blog
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: Cervical Cancer Elimination Consultative Meeting in Addis Ababa
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, Global Cancer advocate, UICC President-Elect of 2024-2026 and Founder of the Medicaid Cancer…
Nov 30, 2024, 14:14 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Deeply Saddened to learn about the sudden passing of Dr Faustine Ndugulile
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), shared a post on X:…
Nov 30, 2024, 09:55 | Blog
Together for a Cervical Cancer-Free Africa - Medicaid Cancer Foundation
Medicaid Cancer Foundation shared the following on LinkedIn: “Together for a Cervical Cancer Free Africa.…
Nov 29, 2024, 12:25 | Blog
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: Introduction of the Malaria Vaccine into Nigeria's EPI schedule
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu shared on LinkedIn: "The long-awaited Malaria vaccine is finally here and it is commendable…
Nov 28, 2024, 12:26 | Blog
Discussions on Cancer Control, Health Equity, and Strengthening Health Systems - UICC
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) shared a post on LinkedIn: "The Union for International…
Nov 28, 2024, 11:37 | Blog
My Child Matters: Transforming Childhood Cancer Care - Childhood Cancer International
Childhood Cancer International shared a post on LinkedIn: " My Child Matters: Transforming Childhood Cancer…
Nov 26, 2024, 12:53 | Insight
Lung cancer accounts for 1 in every 5 cancer deaths globally - IASLC
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) shared a post on LinkedIn: “According…
Nov 24, 2024, 18:28 | Insight
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: WHO will continue to support Tanzania so that it achieves Health For All
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director of the World Health Organization shared a post on X: “Had…
Nov 24, 2024, 15:52 | Blog
The World Health Organization's Genomics Programme
The World Health Organization's Genomics Programme has launched new principles for the ethical collection, access,…
Nov 24, 2024, 12:31 | Blog
Let's care for those who care for us: Addressing the Cancer Workforce Crisis - European Cancer Organisation
European Cancer Organisation shared on LinkedIn: "To address the Cancer Workforce crisis we need leaders…
Nov 24, 2024, 04:18 | Blog
Susanna Greer: "Thank you for not smoking" - the inequity of this "ask."
Susanna Greer, Chief Scientific Officer at the V Foundation, posted on LinkedIn: "For this week's…
Nov 22, 2024, 20:44 | Insight
Raffaella Casolino: An important milestone in the WHO’s Genomics Programme
Raffaella Casolino, Technical Officer at the World Health Organization, shared a post by Anna Laura…
Nov 20, 2024, 19:12 | Blog
Medicaid Cancer Foundation at 1Ummah Annual Convention
Medicaid Cancer Foundation shared a post on LinkedIn: "Medicaid Cancer Foundation at 1Ummah Annual Convention:…
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