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Mar 5, 2024, 15:54 | Blog
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: A useful evening spent with Prebo and Richard at World Health Organization
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu shared a post on LinkedIn: "A useful evening spent with Prebo and Richard…
Feb 24, 2024, 16:02 | Blog
Mishka Kohli Cira: Each year it's my honor to coordinate NCI Center for Global Health's Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research
Mishka Kohli Cira, Public Health Advisor for the Center for Global Health at the National…
Feb 11, 2024, 18:41 | History
Insights from the World Cancer Day, Feb 4
OncoDaily features some insights from around the world on the World Cancer Day, Feb 4:…
Feb 11, 2024, 06:59 | Insight
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: I’m grateful for a peaceful moment with my youngest granddaughter Alaia and my daughter Blen
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared on X (Twitter): "After…
Feb 5, 2024, 21:57 | Blog
Christos Tsagkaris: The Diana Award invited me to share my journey through and for cancer prevention and control
Christos Tsagkaris, Research Fellow in the Department of Orthopedics of Balgrist University Hospital, shared on…
Feb 2, 2024, 17:21 | Blog
Global Summit on War and Cancer 2023: Zeena Salman's speech titled "Childhood Cancer in Gaza - an Acute-on-Chronic Crisis"
The 1st Global Summit on War and Cancer took place on 14 - 16 December,…
Jan 21, 2024, 16:35 | Blog
Guillermo Chantada: The value of international collaborations and an example of what can be achieved
Guillermo Chantada, President of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), posted on LinkedIn: "Sometimes,…
Jan 13, 2024, 16:02 | Blog
Alessio Bricca: Key facts and guidelines set forth by the WHO about physical activity
Alessio Bricca, Assistant Professor at University of Southern Denmark in the Department of Sports Science…
Jan 4, 2024, 16:41 | Blog
Ophira Ginsburg: Check out the joint program of work by WHO, IARC, and IAEA
Ophira Ginsburg shared a post on her LinkedIn page: "Important quick read by Bente Mikkelsen…
Dec 31, 2023, 19:46 | Insight
Marko Gangur: The Manifesto for the European Parliament elections 2024
Marko Gangur, HPV Action Consultant for Croatia at European Cancer Organisation, shared on LinkedIn: "The…
Dec 28, 2023, 06:58 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The international community must intensify its response
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on X/Twitter: "Sudan’s…
Dec 26, 2023, 13:18 | Insight
Sanam Loghavi: How we apply WHO in the Diagnosis and classification of myeloid neoplasms in practice
Sanam Loghavi shared a post on LinkedIn: ''On behalf of the WHO 5th Edition Classification…
Dec 24, 2023, 09:07 | Blog
Sharon Kapambwe: Addressing the first pillar of the WHO Global Strategy for cervical cancer elimination
Sharon Kapambwe, Technical Officer of Cancer Control at World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn: "Addressing…
Dec 22, 2023, 14:42 | Blog
Global Summit on War and Cancer 2023: Richard Sullivan's speech on Global Cancer Policy and Addressing Disparities in Conflict-Affected Regions
The 1st Global Summit on War and Cancer took place on 14 - 16 December,…
Dec 20, 2023, 18:35 | Blog
Bente Mikkelsen: WHO-IAEA-IARC Annual Meeting
Bente Mikkelsen, Director of NCD, WHO, resently posted on LinkedIn "This was an important occasion…
Dec 15, 2023, 11:17 | Societies
The first day of the 1st Global Summit on War and Cancer: Opening address by the Director-General of the WHO Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
The first day of the 1st Global Summit on War and Cancer, organized by Institute…
Dec 10, 2023, 12:20 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: France plays a critical role in global health
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, shared on X/Twitter: "France plays…
Dec 10, 2023, 05:08 | Societies
Global Summit on War and Cancer: Agenda
Our Global Summit on War and Cancer brings together experts, researchers, and advocates from around…
Dec 8, 2023, 17:27 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Gaza cannot afford to lose any more hospitals…
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General at the World Health Organization, shared on X/Twitter: “Gaza cannot…
Dec 7, 2023, 19:02 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: I signed a strategic WHO-WISH Qatar partnership with CEO Sultana Afdhal
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General at the World Health Organization, shared on X/Twitter: "Today I…
Dec 5, 2023, 19:05 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: WHO is looking forward to continuing close collaboration with Hakainde Hichilema and his team for Health for All people in Zambia
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General at the World Health Organization, shared on X/Twitter: "Huge thank…
Dec 4, 2023, 16:00 | Blog
Felipe Roitberg: Don’t miss the launch of the IARC Handbooks on Cancer Prevention: Volume 19 Oral Cancer Prevention
Felipe Roitberg, Technical Officer (Cancer-NCD) at World Health Organization, recently shared on LinkedIn: "Proud to…
Dec 4, 2023, 15:37 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Great pleasure to meet with my sister Sylvia Masebo, Zambia’s Health Minister
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General at the World Health Organization, shared on X/Twitter: “Great pleasure…
Dec 4, 2023, 11:09 | Blog
Sarah Garner: Our review of ATMP access between countries in the WHO Region, Canada and Australia
Sarah Garner, Senior Policy Advisor at WHO EURO, recently shared on LinkedIn: "Published today is…
Dec 3, 2023, 15:43 | Blog
Hakainde Hichilema: Many congratulations to World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on being awarded the CPHIA Official Lifetime Achievement in Public Health
Dec 1, 2023, 07:37 | Blog
Vanina Laurent-Ledru: Health at the forefront of the climate conversation for the first time ever
Vanina Laurent-Ledru, Director General at Foundation S- The Sanofi Collective, shared a post on LinkedIn:…
Nov 28, 2023, 17:34 | Societies
The International Association of Cancer Registries annual conference - IARC
Quoting IARC on X/Twitter: "The International Association of Cancer Registries annual conference took place last…
Nov 28, 2023, 17:00 | Blog
Abhishek Shankar: Our paper, led by Dr Ong Sok King and Sarah Krull Abe has been published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia
Abhishek Shankar, Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at All India Institute of…
Nov 27, 2023, 15:31 | Blog
Ophira Ginsburg: A must-read for people interested in advancing high-quality, patient-centered, equity-oriented cancer clinical trials
Ophira Ginsburg shared a post by Bishal Gyawali, Medical Oncologist and Associate Professor at Queen's…
Nov 25, 2023, 16:31 | Blog
David Kavanagh: We are recruiting a Scientist to join IARC to support our work on Childhood Cancer in the European region
David Kavanagh, Head of Human Resources Office at IARC - International Agency for Research on…
Nov 25, 2023, 10:30 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: An estimated 1 million children a year die because of wasting
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General at the World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn: "No child…
Nov 19, 2023, 17:17 | Blog
Bente Mikkelsen: Geneva lights up in teal to mark 3 years since WHO launched a historic effort to eliminate Cervical Cancer
Quoting Bente Mikkelsen, Director of the Non-Communicable Diseases Department at the World Health Organization, on…
Nov 18, 2023, 23:03 | Blog
Paul Chilwesa: Building resilience in cancer healthcare systems in LMICs requires concerted efforts
Paul Chilwesa, Population Health Impact Leader at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, made the following post…
Nov 18, 2023, 19:03 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - The current situation is unbearable and unjustifiable. Ceasefire. NOW.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of WHO, shared on X (Twitter): "Today WHO led…
Nov 18, 2023, 16:30 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The crisis in Gaza is an acid test for the United Nations
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn: "The…
Nov 15, 2023, 18:16 | Blog
The second Lancet Oncology Commission on global cancer surgery - London Global Cancer Week
Quoting London Global Cancer Week on LinkedIn: "Join us in one hour for 'The Lancet…
Nov 13, 2023, 14:11 | Blog
Jérôme Salomon: Children with cancer evacuated from Gaza for treatment to Egypt and Jordan
Professor Jérôme Salomon, WHO Assistant Director General, shared on LinkedIn: "Children with cancer evacuated from…
Oct 26, 2023, 16:13 | Blog
Bente Mikkelsen: Join us as we reflect on progress and lessons learned across three years of this historic movement
Bente Mikkelsen, Director NCD at World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn: “On November 17th, World…
Oct 21, 2023, 21:40 | Positive
100 Influential Women in Oncology: Key Opinion Leaders to follow on Social Media in 2023: Part 9
We continue OncoDaily’s ‘100 Influential Women in Oncology: Key Opinion Leaders to Follow on Social…
Oct 21, 2023, 18:12 | Blog
Open Letter To all Cancer Organizations in the World - Princess Dina Mired of Jordan and prof. Richard Sullivan
Princess Dina Mired of Jordan shared an Open Letter on her Twitter (X): Open Letter …
Oct 19, 2023, 17:28 | Blog
Manush Avagyan: I'm now diving into a year of skill refinement as a physician, scientist, and leader at Harvard Medical School (HMS)
Manush Avagyan, Associate Medical Director at Agenus, recently posted on her LinkedIn: "Exciting News: Harvard…
Oct 17, 2023, 18:02 | Blog
Chikwe Ihekweazu: Proud to mark the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization with dear colleagues at the Brandenburger Gate Festival of Lights in Berlin
Chikwe Ihekweazu, Assistant Director General at the World Health Organization, recently tweeted: "Proud to mark…
Oct 17, 2023, 01:38 | Blog
Catharina Boehme: The innovative financing scheme announced today in Brussels is a major step for global health
Catharina Boehme, Assistant Director-General of External Relations at WHO, on LinkedIn: "The innovative financing scheme…
Oct 13, 2023, 12:32 | Blog
Silencing the voice of democracy in Nagorno-Karabakh: the unfolding forced displacement crisis
by Stella Arakelyan, MD, MPH, MSc, PhD 1,2 , Jemma Arakelyan, MD, PhDc 2,3 ,…
Oct 12, 2023, 19:10 | Blog,History
Jérôme Salomon: Egypt becomes the 1st country to achieve WHO validation on the path to elimination of Hepatitis C.
Jérôme Salomon, WHO Assistant Director General, shared on LinkedIn: "Egypt becomes the 1st country to…
Oct 12, 2023, 15:26 | Blog
Paul Chilwesa: WHO AFRO Integrated Women’s cancers Project and Breast Cancer Month.
Paul Chilwesa, Population Health Impact Leader at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, recently posted on LinkedIn:…
Oct 9, 2023, 18:55 | Career
Mary Schubauer-Berigan: Seeking a highly committed and dynamic epidemiologist to join the IARC Monographs program in a fixed-term position at the P3 level.
Mary Schubauer-Berigan, Monographs Programme Head at International Agency for Research on Cancer, shared on LinkedIn:…
Oct 7, 2023, 00:44 | Blog
Bente Mikkelsen: As WHO, we stand ready to support you in addressing NCDs and mental health on the road to achieving the SDGs.
Bente Mikkelsen, Director NCD at World Health Organization, made the following LinkedIn post: "The Second…
Oct 6, 2023, 16:36 | Blog
What is the humanitarian and health situation in Armenia right now? - WHO Regional Office for Europe
Quoting WHO Regional Office for Europe on LinkedIn: “'Such an influx of refugees was in…
Oct 4, 2023, 17:51 | Blog
Catharina Boehme: More than 100,000 people have left their homes in neighbouring Nagorno-Karabakh.
Catharina Boehme, Assistant Director of General External Relations at the World Health Organization, shared on…
Oct 2, 2023, 18:15 | Opinion
Richard Sullivan: A new covenant for global cancer is urgently needed from all cancer research funding organizations.
Quoting Richard Sullivan, the Director of the Institute for Cancer Policy, on LinkedIn: "At this…
Oct 1, 2023, 16:29 | Blog
Lilliana Vasquez: After five years from the start of the WHO Global Initiative of Childhood Cancer, I am so proud of all the achievements and leadership in childhood cancer in Peru.
Sep 29, 2023, 17:49 | Blog
Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: Universal Health Coverage was high on the agenda at this years at UNGA.
Quoting Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu on LinkedIn: “Universal Health Coverage was high on the agenda at this…
Sep 24, 2023, 18:13 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The 5 year celebration of the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer and the impact it’s made left us with great hope at UN General Assembly today.
Sep 23, 2023, 18:15 | Insight
Catharina Boehme: This week WHO and The World Bank launched the global monitoring report on Universal Health Coverage.
Catharina Boehme, Assistant Director of General External Relations at the World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn:…
Sep 22, 2023, 12:24 | Blog
Today, we celebrate five years of the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer and recognize the hard work of partner countries. - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Quoting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on LinkedIn: "Five years ago, St. Jude Children's Research…
Sep 22, 2023, 05:42 | Societies
Gaining insight into the needs and health status of childhood cancer survivors in Latin America. An International Alliance.
By Ana Carolina Izurieta What a great time to be an oncologist! In the last…
Sep 19, 2023, 18:23 | Blog
Jozef Suvada: I am pleased to invite you on behalf of missions and health ministries of Argentina, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Zimbabwe and Slovakia for UN General Assembly New York Side-event “CureAll Implementation Advancing Toward Universal Health Care Realization and Bridging Survival Gap in Childhood Cancer”.
Sep 18, 2023, 16:48 | Blog
Hedley Lewis: We firmly uphold the belief that knowledge empowers, and awareness serves as the initial catalyst for transformative change.
Hedley Lewis, CEO of CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation SA, recently shared on LinkedIn: “Media Release:…
Sep 16, 2023, 19:05 | Blog
Bente Mikkelsen: Today marks the launch of the 2023 Global Week of Action on NCDs!
Bente Mikkelsen, Director NCD, World Health Organization, recently shared on LinkedIn: "Today marks the launch…
Sep 15, 2023, 18:56 | Blog
Catharina Boehme: After much hard work a key date for girls in Nigeria is approaching. The HPV vaccine will soon be rolled out.
Catharina Boehme, the Assistant Director of General External Relations at the World Health Organization, shared…
Sep 12, 2023, 01:19 | Stories
Mukhtasar Malcolm Alkali: These photographs showcases three talented female drummers from Kebbi State Nigeria, using their drums to create community awareness and call leaders for action in the quest to Eliminate Cervical Cancer.
Sep 10, 2023, 00:37 | Opinion
David Kavanagh: Some of the reasons and benefits of working at IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer / World Health Organization in Lyon, France.
David Kavanagh, Head, Human Resources Office IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer, made…
Sep 5, 2023, 23:52 | Blog
Tasnim Atatrah: Call for nominations to serve on the WHO regional Youth Council.
Tasnim Atatrah, WHO Representative and Head of Office, Kingdom of Bahrain at World Health Organization,…
Sep 3, 2023, 17:29 | Insight
Ariana Znaor: The results of our survey on breast cancer and cervix cancer screening practices are out in Journal of Cancer Policy.
Ariana Znaor, a scientist, at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, recently shared on…
Sep 1, 2023, 09:12 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: My thanks to His Majesty Abdullah bin Al Hussein, King of Jordan, for his call to advance tobacco control in Jordan.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General at the World Health Organization, recently tweeted: "My thanks to His…
Aug 27, 2023, 18:48 | Blog
Akua Sarpong: If we are to make a dent in the WHO Global Initiative on Childhood Cancer, then this is the way to Go.
Akua Sarpong, Management Executive at Lifeline For Childhood Cancer, Ghana, recently posted on LinkedIn: "Lifeline…
Aug 25, 2023, 23:12 | Blog
The current situation and problems with pediatric oncology, as well as the possibility of Kyrgyzstan joining the Global Childhood Cancer Initiative (GICC), became one of the main topics of the round table held today in Bishkek. - World Health Organization Kyrgyzstan
Aug 24, 2023, 23:28 | Opinion
More than 40% of physicians in Europe will be retiring within the next 5 years according to WHO. - European Cancer Organisation
European Cancer Organisation, made the following post on LinkedIn: "More than 40% of physicians in…
Aug 14, 2023, 19:20 | Blog
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Health will be high on world leaders' agenda during the upcoming UNGA
On LinkedIn, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General at the World Health Organization, shared: "Health will be…
Aug 14, 2023, 17:26 | Insight
Raffaele Colombo: WHO INN proposed list 129 is out.
In a Twitter post by Raffaele Colombo, Principal Scientist at Zymeworks Inc, it says: ''WHO…
Aug 13, 2023, 17:24 | Blog
Bente Mikkelsen: Honored to be speaking on how “Women’s cancers act as a tracer of health equity towards health for all and Universal Health Coverage”
In a tweet by Bente Mikkelsen, Head, Secretariat at WHO Global Coordination Mechanism (GCM/NCD), it…
Aug 11, 2023, 18:48 | Insight
Amer Zeidan: On behalf of an international panel, we issued a call-for-action to harmonize/unify WHO22 and ICC22 classifications for AML
On behalf of an international panel, we issued a call-for-action to harmonize/unify WHO22 & ICC22…
Aug 11, 2023, 17:13 | Career
Jessica Clerc: I am thrilled to share that I have taken on a new role as Partnership Manager at the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Exciting News!  I am thrilled to share that I have taken on a new role…
Aug 7, 2023, 18:30 | Blog
For 15 years, Bloomberg Philanthropies and World Health Organization have worked collaboratively to cut smoking rates globally - Mike Bloomberg
For 15 years, Bloomberg Philanthropies and World Health Organization have worked collaboratively to cut smoking…
Aug 2, 2023, 07:00 | Blog
Update on the WHO/Europe Access to Novel Medicines Platform - Sarah Garner
Update on the WHO/Europe Access to Novel Medicines Platform. We've been busy behind the scenes…
Jul 27, 2023, 10:54 | Insight
Aspartame and Cancer: A Deep Dive into the Debates and Discrepancies
So as we know this month, two different arms of the WHO released their findings on…
Jul 15, 2023, 07:02 | Blog
It seems that the scientifically acceptable level of aspartame is 40 mg/kg, which is an average of 9-14 cans of soft drinks per day - Dr. Iyad Sultan
Considering aspartame & sugar-free drinks like diet coke/pepsi's reclassification to Group 2B (possible carcinogens), here…
Jun 27, 2023, 20:12 | Blog
Following the demise of England cancer plan this is yet another colossal strategic failure - Richard Sullivan
This is a stunning failure by the UK’s public funders to continue to support NCRI.…
Jun 22, 2023, 17:40 | Career
Vanessa Kerry was named WHO Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health - Seed Global Health
Congratulations to our CEO Vanessa Kerry, MD MSc on being named World Health Organization Special Envoy for Climate Change…
Jun 20, 2023, 14:36 | Positive
Access Cancer Care India - Advancing Cancer Early Detection
In a post by Arunah Chandran on Linkedin, it says, "Access Cancer Care India -…
Jun 1, 2023, 03:34 | Positive
Kebbi drummer-woman, using her drums to call on leaders to eliminate cervical cancer
Exciting news! Our cervical cancer program, co-funded by state governments and @whonigeria, was featured by…
May 28, 2023, 18:16 | Blog
First time ever the world has resolved to eliminate a Cancer
The global community has continued to rally behind World Health Organization DG Dr Tedros’ Call to Action…
May 17, 2023, 16:14 | Career,Societies
What does quality cancer care mean for you? - Isabel Mestres
What does quality cancer care mean for you? The answer will vary considerably depending if…
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