World Cancer Day - 4th February 2008
World Cancer Day is marked on February 4th to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. It is led by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), a global consortium of more than 280 cancer-fighting organizations in over 90 countries. World Cancer Day targets the public through global communications marking, and encourages policy makers and UICC member organizations to make cancer a political priority.
Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world. WHO estimates that 84 million people will die of cancer between 2005 and 2015 without intervention. Each year on 4 February, WHO joins with the sponsoring International Union Against Cancer to promote ways to ease the global burden of cancer. Preventing cancer and raising quality of life for cancer patients are recurring themes.
This year's theme is "children and second-hand smoke exposure". Around 700 million children - almost half of the world's children - breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke, particularly at home.
In 2008, World Cancer Day aims to send a simple message to parents: "Second-hand smoke is a health hazard for you and your family. There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke. Give your child a smoke-free childhood."
The Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) is maintained entirely by charitable donations. Our website provides cancer information covering many forms and symptoms of the disease. We have answers to your questions on breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer and prostate cancer and can provide information on various issues regarding cancer prevention and treatment.
http://www.aicr.
Other useful links
World Health Organisation
http://www.who.
http://www.who.
uicc | international union against cancer
http://www.uicc.
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.
Better Health Channel - Health and medical information for consumers, quality assured by the Victorian government (Australia).
http://www.betterhe
http://www.cancer.
Cencer Council Victoria
http://www.cancervi
American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.
Bizzcommunity.
http://medical.
Venu Haridas
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