City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) shared a post on LinkedIn:
“At this year’s World Health Assembly, one theme kept surfacing across conversations, side-events and meetings:
How do we move from global ambition to real-world implementation and measurable impact?
From strengthening health systems and scaling innovation to building coalitions that can turn policy into practice, these were some of the defining discussions shaping the week. For City Cancer Challenge (C/Can), they are also the challenges we work on every day alongside cities, partners and local health leaders around the world.
The week’s announcements and collaborations reflected that shared momentum and the growing importance of practical, city-driven action in global health:
- We announced the expansion of the World Health Organization’s Globbal Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI) implementation partnership, extending its reach to more cities working to improve early diagnosis and quality treatment for women with breast cancer. We brought together new and renewed partners, driving this work to assess progress and sharpen priorities.
- We welcomed Kochi as the newest city to join the C/Can network, with its own energy, leadership, and ambition to this collective effort, all reflected in the smiles and celebration of different stakeholders coming from Kerala state, present at this milestone.
The week also marked the beginning of two important new global partnerships with MSD and Daiichi Sankyo Japan conversations rooted not just in ambition, but in a shared understanding of what sustained commitment to cancer care truly takes.
We were honored to join OncoDaily and The Institute of Cancer and Crisis for the launch of OncoCorridor, a global initiative connecting cancer patients in conflict-affected regions with treatment centres worldwide. A powerful reminder that the fight for equitable cancer care reaches into some of the world’s most difficult places, and that this community shows up for it.
At the Kenyan Permanent Mission, we brought together diplomatic representatives, health authorities, city leaders, civil society, and partners for a conversation about what it takes to turn national health priorities into action on the ground. The answer, as always, comes back to cities.
Thank you to everyone who joined us last week: the partners, the advocates, the city leaders, and the policymakers who keep showing up for this work. Where you live shouldn’t determine the quality of care you receive. Weeks like this one remind us that we can’t do this alone, and although there’s still so much to do to reach our goals, we are moving in the right direction, hand-in-hand with meaningful collaboration.”
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