May 24, 2024, 01:14 | Blog

Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: Strengthening cancer control across Africa

Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu shared a post on LinkedIn: "STRENGTHENING CANCER CONTROL ACROSS AFRICA. In Africa, the cancer…

May 22, 2024, 13:40 | Blog

Pramesh CS: The launch of the South East Asia Cancer Grid

Pramesh CS, Director at Tata Memorial Hospital, shared a post on X/Twitter: "The launch of…

May 22, 2024, 07:23 | Blog

Experts harmonise Nigeria’s priority areas for imPACT review meeting - NICRAT

NICRAT posted on X: "Cancer control: Experts harmonise Nigeria’s priority areas for imPACT review meeting…

May 19, 2024, 11:03 | Insight

David Kavanagh: The raising of the flag of the Republic of Egypt at IARC

David Kavanagh, Head of Human Resources Office at International Agency for Research on Cancer/World Health Organization,…

May 17, 2024, 19:06 | Blog

Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: Global Coalition Urges World Health Leaders to Prioritise Ovarian Cancer in the Fight for Women's Health

Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu shared on LinkedIn: “Global Coalition Urges World Health Leaders to Prioritise Ovarian Cancer in…

May 13, 2024, 14:53 | Blog

Ruzanna Papyan: The life-saving potential of anti-GD2 therapy in treating high-risk neuroblastoma

Ruzanna Papyan shared the following on LinkedIn: ''Week 2 of the Global Access To AntiGD2…

May 12, 2024, 10:16 | Blog

Isabel Mestres: Why are most of international donors overlooking the local needs of LMICs

Isabel Mestres shared on LinkedIn: ''Help me understand : Why are most of international donors…

May 10, 2024, 05:28 | Blog

Ravi Samy: Alabama is leading the way to eliminate cervical cancer

Ravi Samy, Director of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery department at Lehigh Valley Health Network,…

May 9, 2024, 10:24 | Insight

Thomas Hofmarcher: We launched our latest report about breast cancer in the Middle East and Africa

Thomas Hofmarcher, Research Director at The Swedish Institute for Health Economics, shared on LinkedIn: "Today…

May 8, 2024, 23:10 | Blog

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The WHO 2022-2023 Results Report is out

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared a post on X: “The WHO 2022-2023 Results Report is out. The…

May 8, 2024, 13:40 | Blog

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Belize, Jamaica and St Vincent and the Grenadines on achieve the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared a post on LinkedIn: "Congratulations, Belize, Jamaica and St Vincent and the…

May 8, 2024, 02:16 | Opinion

Jerry Ndumbalo: The national multi-age cohort vaccination campaign against the HPV

Jerry Ndumbalo, President of Tanzania Oncology Society (TOS), shared on LinkedIn: "The Ministry of Health of…

May 7, 2024, 13:55 | Insight

Jozef Suvada: Christoph Benn brings rich experience in healthcare financing and digital transformation

Quoting Jozef Suvada, The World Health Organization’s Executive Board Member, on LinkedIn: “Yesterday, I had…

May 6, 2024, 19:51 | Blog

Abu Sidhanee: Key quotes to highlight global challenges we face with Rehabilitation

Abu Sidhanee, Specialist at Children’s Physiotherapist Crowmell Hospital posted on LinkedIn: "Our Childhood Cancer Rehabilitation…

May 6, 2024, 15:26 | Positive

Chris McKee: MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Pan American Health Organization signed an agreement

Chris McKee, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer at MD Anderson…

May 2, 2024, 23:31 | Blog

Ruzanna Papyan: Week 1 of Global Access To AntiGD2 Campaign

Ruzanna Papyan, Pediatric Oncologist at Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Armenia, shared the…

May 1, 2024, 12:36 | Blog

Partha Basu: IARC announced the launch of the Cancer Screening in Five Continents Training

Partha Basu, Head of Early Detection, Prevention and Infections Branch at IARC, shared a post…

May 1, 2024, 00:47 | Blog

Alisher Kahharov: Global pivotal event brought together global experts

Alisher Kahharov, Advisor at The Center for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, shared on…

Apr 30, 2024, 05:16 | Blog

James Elliott: WHO's office of the Director of Non-communicable diseases is looking for a communications consultant

James Elliott, Project Manager at World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn: "JOB: The World Health…

Apr 29, 2024, 15:28 | Blog

Jerry Ndumbalo: Tanzania launched the national multi-age cohort vaccination campaign against the HPV

Jerry Ndumbalo, President at Tanzania Oncology Society, shared a post on LinkedIn: "The Ministry of Health of…

Apr 24, 2024, 12:25 | Career

Bente Mikkelsen: Apply for senior experience in advocacy

Bente Mikkelsen, Director of the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Department at the World Health Organization, shared on…

Apr 24, 2024, 00:08 | Positive

Bente Mikkelsen: An absolute honour to have met Zambia’s Minister of Health, Sylvia T. Masebo

Bente Mikkelsen, Director of the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Department at the World Health Organization, shared on…

Apr 17, 2024, 14:46 | Blog

Partha Basu: Another great initiative from within India to ensure national and global access to affordable HPV detection technologies

Partha Basu, Head of Early Detection, Prevention, and Infections Branch at International Agency for Research…

Apr 17, 2024, 11:03 | Insight

Christos Tsagkaris: Returning from the UN City Copenhagen with valuable insights, ideas and action plans

Christos Tsagkaris, Orthopaedic Surgery Resident at Children’s Hospital, Zurich, posted on LinkedIn: “Knowledge not shared…

Apr 15, 2024, 02:32 | Blog

Tatevik Margaryan: The Blood Bank of Armenia is happy to have the Representative of RA United Nations office, Nanna Skau, as a volunteer blood donor

Tatevik Margaryan, Coordinator of the RA Blood Bank at the Yeolyan Hematology and Oncology Center…

Apr 14, 2024, 12:15 | Blog

Jérôme Salomon: Advancing Universal Health Coverage and Non-Communicable Disease Prevention

Jérôme Salomon, Assistant Director General at World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn: ''Within UCN division,…

Apr 14, 2024, 08:29 | Blog

Isabel Mestres: Health is not just a privilege for a selected few, but a fundamental human right

Isabel Mestres, CEO at City Cancer Challenge Foundation, posted LinkedIn: ''Health is not just a…

Apr 12, 2024, 12:32 | Blog

Alexey Kulikov: Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine

Alexey Kulikov, External Relations Officer at WHO, shared on X/Twitter: "Most e-cigarettes contain Nicotine. Nicotine…

Apr 12, 2024, 10:29 | Societies

Arunah Chandran: Women Empowerment Round Table Discussion at IARC

Arunah Chandran, Public Health Officer at IARC/WHO, shared on LinkedIn: "Women Empowerment Round Table Discussion…

Apr 9, 2024, 11:10 | Insight

Jérôme Salomon: WHO unveils a digital health promoter harnessing generative AI for public health

Jérôme Salomon, Assistant Director General ADG SDG at World Health Organization, shared a post on LinkedIn:…

Apr 8, 2024, 17:04 | Blog

Joshua Omale: On World Health Day, join me in standing up for the health rights of children everywhere

Joshua Omale, Cancer Advocate and a Student Member of the Coalition Against Childhood Cancer (CAC2), shared…

Apr 8, 2024, 16:30 | Blog,Career

Jérôme Salomon: World Health Organization unveils a digital health promoter harnessing generative AI for public health

Jérôme Salomon, WHO Assistant Director General, shared on LinkedIn: "World Health Organization unveils a digital…

Apr 8, 2024, 07:53 | Blog

Catharina Boehme: It's time for the first female United Nations Secretary-General

Catharina Boehme, Assistant Director of General External Relations at the World Health Organization, shared a…

Apr 3, 2024, 12:51 | Blog

Claudia Batz: The WHO NCD Lab is back for a new term, with a new cycle launching very soon

Claudia Batz, Policy and Advocacy Advisor (UK and Multilaterals) at The George Institute for Global…

Apr 2, 2024, 18:41 | Blog

Yakup Gözderesi: I am selected as a member of the Global Youth Consortium to END TB, under WHO's 1=1 Initiatives

Yakup Gözderesi, Pediatric Resident at the İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa and Content Curator at OncoDaily, shared a…

Mar 28, 2024, 13:29 | Blog

Amy Berrington: A wonderful week in Lyon participating in this important meeting on the priorities for the IARC monographs Programme

Amy Berrington, Professor of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology at Imperial College London, shared the following post…

Mar 28, 2024, 00:28 | Blog

Paul Singh: The City of London will launch the Cancer Workforce Fund

Paul Singh, Founder of EEDN, shared the following post on LinkedIn: "I am thrilled to…

Mar 27, 2024, 12:46 | Blog

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The vital role Parliamentarians play to promote health for the citizens they represent

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on X/Twitter: "Good…

Mar 23, 2024, 01:15 | Blog

Hayley Jones: The World Indigenous Cancer Congress took place in Naarm/Melbourne under the theme of 'Process, Progress, Power'

Hayley Jones, Director at McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, shared on LinkedIn: “The World Indigenous…

Mar 17, 2024, 13:19 | Positive

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Happy St. Patrick’s day!

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on X/Twitter: “Happy…

Mar 16, 2024, 15:36 | Blog

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Meeting with the World Health Organization, interns is one of the most inspiring internal activities for me

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on X/Twitter: "Meeting…

Mar 9, 2024, 19:09 | Blog

Raffaella Casolino: Positioning cancer on the global health and security agenda

Quoting Raffaella Casolino, Technical Officer at World Health Organization and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at…

Mar 7, 2024, 05:23 | Blog

William Coyle: WHO's recent global report on cancer underscores the disease’s fascinating and frightening dynamic

William Coyle, Region Managing Principal- East Asia at ZS Associates, shared a post on LinkedIn:…

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…

Mar 4, 2024, 01:41 | Blog

Mustafa Tezer Kutluk: Thanks to World Health Organization Bente Mikkelsen, King's College London for including Cancer in the agenda of Global Technical meeting on NCD in humanitarian settings in Copenhagen

Mar 3, 2024, 06:51 | Blog

Ophira Ginsburg: Shirin, You are a tireless and fearless role model for girls and women everywhere

Ophira Ginsburg shared a post by Shirin Heidari, Senior Technical Consultant of Gender, Equity and…

Mar 2, 2024, 14:20 | Blog

Gevorg Tamamyan: It was a great honor to present the results of the 1st Global Summit on War and Cancer at the Global High-level Technical Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases in Humanitarian Settings

Feb 28, 2024, 02:05 | Blog

Shirin Heidari: Join us for a webinar as the World Health Organization proudly announces the adoption of the SAGER guidelines, bridging the gender evidence gap!

Shirin Heidari, Senior Technical Consultant of Gender, Equity and Human Rights at the World Health Organization,…

Feb 12, 2024, 22:37 | Blog

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Female scientists have contributed enormously to global public health and medicine

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn: "Female scientists have…

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, 23:06 | Blog

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: On World Cancer Day, World Health Organization calls on all countries to invest in access to cancer services

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on LinkedIn: "Everyone…

Feb 4, 2024, 11:12 | Blog

Rafael Grossi: Monumental steps in ensuring quality cancer care is accessible to all, regardless of geography

Rafael Grossi, Director General at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), shared on their LinkedIn:…

Feb 4, 2024, 01:05 | Blog

Important factors to evaluate the quality of oncological care in LMICs - City Cancer Challenge

City Cancer Challenge made the following post on LinkedIn: "A recent study, conducted by C/Can,…

Jan 18, 2024, 15:49 | Blog

Challenging the status quo and driving change for vulnerable communities - Foundation S

Foundation S shared a post on LinkedIn: “Foundation S: Challenging the status quo and driving…

Jan 9, 2024, 11:07 | Blog

David Kavanagh: Largely on the basis of these results and related IARC research, World Health Organization recently recommended supporting a single-dose schedule for HPV vaccination

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…

Jan 3, 2024, 18:36 | Blog

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: 2023 has shown what can be achieved if we work together to advance health for all

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, shared a post on X/Twitter: ''2023…

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 10, 2023, 18:16 | Blog

Jérôme Salomon: World Health Organization is also releasing a technical manual on alcohol tax policy and administration

Jérôme Salomon, WHO Assistant Director General, shared on LinkedIn: "The World Health Organization is releasing…

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 7, 2023, 04:25 | Insight

Jennifer Ivanovich: We need their help in promoting the emotional wellbeing of children diagnosed with cancer

Jennifer Ivanovich, Genetic Counselor and Associate Professor of Oncology at Indiana University School of Medicine, shared…

Dec 3, 2023, 16:34 | Positive

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Grateful to Namibia’s Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila for her commitment to health

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General at the World Health Organization, shared on X/Twitter: "Grateful to Namibia’s Prime…

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 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 12, 2023, 18:06 | Blog

Jayasree Iyer: Solutions are available, it’s time to implement them for sustainable local production to become a reality

Quoting Jayasree Iyer, CEO of Access to Medicine Foundation, on LinkedIn: ''Earlier this week I chaired…

Oct 28, 2023, 15:23 | Insight

Bente Mikkelsen: How to formulate a global response to cancer through partnership and co-creation

Quoting Bente Mikkelsen, Director of the Non-Communicable Diseases Department at the World Health Organization, on…

Oct 24, 2023, 13:41 | Blog

WHO recognizes the potential of Artificial Intelligence in enhancing Health For All - World Health Organization

The World Health Organization shared on LinkedIn: "WHO recognizes the potential of Artificial Intelligence in…

Oct 20, 2023, 19:52 | Blog

David Kavanagh: Global burden of lung cancer incidence for the four main histological subtypes

David Kavanagh, Head of the Human Resources Office at the International Agency for Research on…

Oct 18, 2023, 16:08 | Blog

Harold Cottin: City Cancer Challenge is very proud to partner with the World Health Organization for the implementation of the Global Breast Cancer Initiative

Quoting Harold Cottin, Head of Global Public Affairs at City Cancer Challenge, on LinkedIn: "City…

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 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, 01:33 | Blog

Tasnim Atatrah: Health Diplomacy and cooperation in the Region will reach new heights this week at the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean.

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…

Sep 29, 2023, 18:06 | Blog

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Every 2 minutes, a woman dies of Cervical Cancer, 90% of them in low- and middle-income countries.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General at World Health Organization, shared on LinkedIn: “Every 2 minutes,…

Sep 25, 2023, 14:50 | Positive

Richard Shadyac: Together - with you and the world by our side - we will defeat childhood cancer. Everywhere.

Richard Shadyac, President and Chief Executive Officer at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital -…

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, 20:00 | Blog

Vanina Laurent-Ledru: We need all hands on deck in the fight to give all children an equal chance at fighting cancer.

Vanina Laurent-Ledru, Director General at Foundation S, Sanofi, shared on LinkedIn: “A child diagnosed with…

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 21, 2023, 19:15 | Blog

Catharina Boehme: This week we hosted the first consultation with Member States for one of our flagship upcoming initiatives: the first ever WHO investment round.

Catharina Boehme, the Assistant Director of General External Relations at the World Health Organization, shared…

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 16, 2023, 18:23 | Blog

Jeremy Slone: I was honored to address delegates of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea Annual Symposium on prioritizing childhood cancer in national cancer control planning.

Sep 11, 2023, 18:29 | Blog

Isabel Mestres: Join us as we turn plans into actions and bad news into hope.

Isabel Mestres, CEO at City Cancer Challenge Foundation, recently shared on LinkedIn: "Breast cancer affects…

Sep 3, 2023, 17:31 | Opinion

Denise Gouge: Patients deserve a seat at the table.

Denise Gouge, Oncology Account Executive at Hologic, recently posted on LinkedIn: "I am the 1%.…

Aug 26, 2023, 18:25 | Blog

Julie S. Torode: Sharing the registration details for the second NCD Stakeholder Dialogue Series on World Health Organization Cancer Initiatives.

Quoting Julie S. Torode, Board Member and Director of Strategic Partnerships at Institute of Cancer Policy,…

Aug 19, 2023, 16:39 | Career

Catharina Boehme: We are looking for our first Head of our World Health Organization liaison office in Washington DC.

Quoting Catharina Boehme, the Assistant Director of General External Relations at the World Health Organization,…

May 28, 2023, 18:33 | Opinion

What does quality cancer care mean for me? - Harold Cottin

What does quality cancer care mean for me? I must say, I don't know. Is…

May 27, 2023, 14:11 | Societies

It’s time to put this collective action into practice to improve the lives of cancer patients around the world - Isabel Mestres

What a week! On Monday, we officially announced City Cancer Challenge is joining forces with the World Health…