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World Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign

World Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign

Date
4 Feb 2002
Updated
30 Sep 2019
World Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign

World Cancer Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to raise awareness and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. The day was inaugurated in 2002 by a consortium of governmental and non-governmental cancer research organisations. Each year, the UICC strives to ensure that the event is seen and heard by more people that the previous year. According to the International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC), 681 000 new cancer cases and 512 400 cancer deaths were reported in Africa in 2008. These figures are projected to nearly double by the year 2030 due to ageing and population growth. 

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  1. 01UICC, World Cancer Day, from Union for International Cancer Control, [online], Available at www.uicc.org [Accessed: 22 January 2014]
  2. 02Medical Chronicle, (2011), New Registry to Give Major Boost to Fight against Cancer, from MedicalCronicle+, [online], Available at www.medicalchronicle.co.za [Accessed: 22 January 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2014, January 31). World Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096948

South African History Online (2014) 'World Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096948 (Accessed: 10 August 2026).

South African History Online, World Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096948, (accessed 10 August 2026).

"World Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2014, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096948. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "World Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign." South African History Online. January 31, 2014. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096948.

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