World Cancer Day 2022: Created in 2000 to be held every February 4, World Cancer Day is a global initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to face one of our greatest challenges.
2022 Campaign Theme: Close the Care Gap / Realizing the problem
The first year of the ‘Close the Care Gap’ campaign is all about understanding and recognising the inequities in cancer care around the globe.
This is the year to question the status quo and help reduce stigma; to listen to the perspectives of the people living with cancer and their communities and let those lived experiences guide our thoughts and actions.
That’s how we can begin to imagine a better way of doing things and to build a fairer vision of the future.
A future where people live healthier lives and have better access to health and cancer services, no matter where they are born, grow, age, work or live.
History of World Cancer Day:
It was founded on February 4, 2000, during the World Cancer Conference for the New Millennium in Paris, France.
On that same day, Koichiro Matsuura, then-General Director of UNESCO, and former French President Jacques Chirac inked the Charter of Paris Against Cancer.
Every year since then, the day has been marked with a different theme.
Significance of World Cancer Day:
The World Cancer Day campaign strives to raise awareness and remove the stigma around the disease, which is now the world’s second leading cause of mortality.
The major goal is to minimize disease-related sickness and mortality, as well as to stop the injustice of unnecessary suffering inflicted by it.
On this day, numerous events are planned throughout the world, and the disease becomes a topic of discussion on social media.
