WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

The World Health Organization, headquartered in Geneva, is publicizing World Cancer Day on its website and publicly supporting the "Today's children, tomorrow's world" cancer prevention campaign.

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INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

The Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will mark World Cancer Day by launching a ground-breaking project to fight Nicaragua's growing cancer crisis.

UICC is one of the partners in this project, which aims to dramatically reduce cancer deaths in Nicaragua and improve conditions for thousands of people living with cancer by mobilizing experts from across the cancer care community.

Many of Nicaragua's cancer victims are from poor communities with little access to screening and treatment facilities.

"Patients with curable cancers are still dying unnecessarily in Nicaragua because cancer is not addressed comprehensively," says Massoud Samiei, head of the PACT programme. "We have the know-how and cost-effective technologies to defeat cancer. What is needed are more financial and human resources."

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AUSTRALIA

Cancer Council Australia

The Cancer Council Australia is Australia's peak national non-government cancer control organization. Its members are the eight state and territory cancer organizations, working together to undertake and fund cancer research, prevent and control cancer and provide information and support for people affected by cancer.

The Cancer Council Australia and its eight member bodies are all members of the UICC and are involved in activities aimed at raising cancer awareness as part of World Cancer Day.

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The Cancer Council Australia will post a message on the homepage of its website and distribute a press release to national media promoting its message as part of World Cancer Day. Linking closely with the UICC's theme, "Today's children, Tomorrow's World", the Cancer Council warns that Australian children will face an increasingly higher risk of cancer in adulthood unless more is done to reduce childhood obesity.

Cancer Voices Australia (CVA), a national consumer group for cancer patients, their families and carers, will also be launched on 4 February. CVA's main focus will be on treatment pathways and access to cancer services, especially for rural and regional people diagnosed with cancer.

States and territories

South Australia

The Cancer Council South Australia will hold a Walk for Real Hope campaign as part of its World Cancer Day activities at 8pm on 2 February. Five thousand people are expected to walk . Participants are encouraged to wear something yellow to create a "sea of yellow" symbolizing hope. At the end of the walk, a candlelight ceremony hosted by Channel Seven personality and cancer survivor Graeme Goodings will remember those living with cancer and celebrate the life we have. This will be followed by a concert with Adelaide band, Giant Leap.

The Cancer Council will also be hosting a gala event marking World Cancer Day. Four hundred people are expected to attend the Dinner for Real Hope on 3 February. The event promises to be a memorable evening with fine food and wine, entertainment by Todd McKenney and local musical acts. Tickets are still being sold for the black tie affair, with live and silent auctions to be held throughout the evening.

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Tasmania

The Cancer Council Tasmania has organized four special church services acknowledging World Cancer Day to be held across Tasmania on 4 February. The interdenominational services will take place in Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie and will follow closely the theme of children and cancer.

The governor of Tasmania, a patron of the Cancer Council Tasmania, will be a guest speaker at the Hobart World Cancer Day service.

Victoria

The Cancer Council Victoria will distribute a media release supporting the Australian component of the UICC's global prevention campaign for World Cancer Day. UICC president-elect and chief executive officer of the Cancer Council Victoria, Prof David Hill, will be available for media comment. Prof Hill has also written an opinion piece that is expected to appear in the Age newspaper.

Queensland

The Queensland Cancer Fund will promote its SunSmart message on World Cancer Day to support the UICC's cancer prevention campaign, "Today's children, Tomorrow's World". Operating in a state that has the highest rate of melanoma in the world, the Queensland Cancer Fund will also focus on the international theme of children to highlight the fact it is never too early to begin protecting the next generation.

The Fund will stage a media event at South Bank in Brisbane, which has a beach area. Sid Seagull, the SunSmart mascot who has been encouraging Australians to "Slip! Slop! Slap!" for the last quarter-century, will attend, and the Fund will provide sunscreen and other SunSmart products to parents for their children.

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New South Wales

The regional offices of the Cancer Council NSW will issue a release to local media highlighting its activity to mark World Cancer Day, also announcing important research it has funded into childhood leukaemia at the Children's Cancer Institute. Regional staff will contact their local preschool and ask children to draw pictures to show their support for children with cancer in developing countries that face a much poorer survival rate. These pictures will then be forwarded to the UICC as part of its global campaign.

Western Australia

In conjunction with the national launch of Cancer Voices Australia, the Cancer Council WA will distribute a media release about access and equity issues for cancer patients.

Australian Capital Territory

The Cancer Council ACT will publish an announcement in the Canberra Times about World Cancer Day, and advertising an Autumn Cancer Forum to be held on 24 March.

Northern Terrritory

The Cancer Council Northern Territory will hold a service on 4 February in the Wesleyan Chapel, George Brown Botanic Gardens. The service, "Today's Diagnosis, Tomorrow's Hope", will be conducted by a pastoral care worker from Northern Territory Palliative Care Services and will include addresses from cancer survivors and a client facing advanced cancer.


BANGLADESH

Ashic Foundation, Dhaka

World Cancer Day activities include

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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka