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Planning for the Future
The Role of the UICC Cervical Cancer Initiative
Dr. Julius Mwaiselage
Chief, Cancer Prevention and Research Division
Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Tanzania
Founded in 1933, the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) is the leading nonprofit,
international, nongovernmental organization dedicated exclusively to global control of cancer. UICC has
more than 380 members in 120 countries and its mission is to connect, mobilize, and support cancer
organizations and individuals with the knowledge and skills they need to be effective.
The World Cancer Declaration is a tool to help bring the growing cancer crisis to the attention of
government leaders and health policymakers in order to significantly reduce the global cancer burden by
2020. The objective of UICC for 2011 is to collect one million signatures on the Declaration by the time
of the UN High Level Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases, to be held in New York in September
2011. This will show the magnitude of the support behind this call.
The UICC Cervical Cancer Initiative is a four-year program with four priorities for action:
• Advocacy for prevention and control of cervical cancer.
• Communication and awareness campaigns.
• Professional education.
• Pilot projects (in Tanzania and Nicaragua).
Key partners are the Cervical Cancer Action coalition, the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention (ACCP),
and the WHO/Institut Català d'Oncologia Information Centre on HPV and Cervical Cancer.
The aim of the pilot project in Tanzania is to establish
comprehensive cervical cancer planning. Activities initiated
thus far are a feasibility study supporting national planning,
mapping of partner activities, and training opportunities
(fellowships, capacity building workshops, and grants).
An objective of UICC is to collect
one million signatures by the
time of the UN High Level
Summit on Non-Communicable
Diseases in September 2011.
In Nicaragua, the goal of the pilot project is strengthening
the coordination of professional education opportunities to support implementation of the national
plan. Activities include supporting training of the ministry team in early detection and management of
women with positive screening tests and mapping of stakeholder activities.
In 2009 ACCP discussed the need to review the main training materials used for training and workshops
in resource-constrained settings, in order to identify gaps, harmonize content, and update as necessary.
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