{"id":15378,"date":"2016-02-04T20:21:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T20:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=15378"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:01:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:01:27","slug":"with-focus-on-cervical-cancer-ban-says-where-people-live-should-not-determine-chances-of-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/02\/with-focus-on-cervical-cancer-ban-says-where-people-live-should-not-determine-chances-of-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"With focus on cervical cancer, Ban says where people live should not determine chances of survival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marking World Cancer Day, United Nations Secretary-General<\/a> Ban Ki-moon stressed that where a person lives should not determine if they develop a cancer or die from it, as he called to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health issue while also reducing the burden that millions face from all cancers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must do more to end the many tragedies that cancer inflicts,\u201d said Mr. Ban in hismessage<\/a> on the Day. \u201cAbout one third of cancers can be prevented, while others are curable if diagnosed and treated early. And even when cancer is advanced, patients should benefit from palliative care,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Although cancer affects all countries, the UN chief underlined that those with fewer resources are hit hardest. \u201cNothing illustrates this better than the burden of cervical cancer. The world’s poorest countries are home to more than 8 in 10 women newly diagnosed with cervical cancer, and 9 in 10 deaths from the disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

While applauding the success of cervical cancer screening in many high-income countries, the Secretary-General insisted that the global community has a responsibility to replicate this progress in low-income States, where cervical cancer remains one of the most common cancers among women.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we have the knowledge, experience and tools to protect every woman, everywhere,\u201d he stated. \u201cComprehensive cervical cancer prevention includes vaccines to protect girls against future infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV), screening measures and preventive treatment of pre-cancers,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

This year’s World Cancer Day was described by Mr. Ban as having \u201cspecial impetus\u201d thanks to the recent adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/a>, which aims \u201cto usher in a life of dignity for all people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/a> endorsed by all UN Member States call for reducing by one third premature death from non-communicable diseases. The UN chief also mentioned the Every Woman Every Child<\/a> movement, which is an example of an initiative working to develop stronger health systems, universal health care coverage and the scale up of life-saving interventions for comprehensive cancer prevention and control.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn World Cancer Day, let us resolve to end the injustice of preventable suffering from this disease as part of our larger push to leave no one behind,\u201d concluded Mr. Ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ban Ki-moon’s World Cancer Day 2016 statement.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Via UN News Centre<\/a>

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