American Cancer Society to Manage New Effort against Tobacco in Africa

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given a $7 million grant over five years to the American Cancer Society to lead and coordinate the African Tobacco Control Consortium, a global coalition of public health-oriented organizations focusing on using evidence-based approaches to stem the tobacco epidemic in Africa.

For more information on the consortium and growing cancer and tobacco threat in Africa, please click on the following link to the online ACS Press Room.

New UICC Report Shows Increased Access to Vaccines Will Reduce Global Cancer Burden

On February 4, the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and its more than 300 member organizations, including the American Cancer Society, with support from the World Health Organization, raised awareness of cancer prevention on World Cancer Day 2010. This day marks the launch of a new UICC cancer campaign, Cancer can be prevented too, and the release of a new UICC report, Protection Against Cancer-causing Infections. The new campaign and report highlight the good news that about 40 percent of all cancers are preventable.

Click on the following links to find more information on World Cancer Day and the World Cancer Campaign, to visit the UICC Web page where you can download a PDF copy of this report, and to download a joint statement from the American Cancer Society, GAVI Alliance, and LIVESTRONG® on the new UICC report. These organizations support global access to vaccines called for in the report.