The United Nations Includes Cancer in a Landmark Resolution

New York City — In a move that affirms cancer as a major development issue and creates a strong precedent for including the disease on the global health agenda, the United Nations (U.N.) urged member states to take action to address cancer. The Resolution of the United Nation’s 44^th session of the Commission on Population and Development includes robust language and political commitment toward improving global cancer control. As part of the April 11-15 session entitled “Fertility, Reproductive Health and Development”, members of the Commission on Population and Development recognized women’s rights to access quality health services.

The resolution also advanced a health agenda addressing breast and cervical cancer:

“OP15. Urges Member States, with, when needed, the appropriate technical and financial support from development partners, to design and implement national cancer control plans and strategies that encompass prevention, early detection, treatment and palliation of cancers of the male and female reproductive systems, especially prostate, breast and cervical cancers, and to strengthen existing health services and health systems to increase the capacity to detect these cancers at earlier stages and allow prompt access to quality treatment;”

The American Cancer Society was instrumental in advocating for women’s cancers at the Commission on Population and Development through raising awareness about the global cancer and non communicable disease (NCD) burden among U.N. missions and by holding the first-ever United Nations’ side event on women’s cancers: “No women left behind in the fight against NCDs: towards health services that address breast and cervical cancer”. This side event was led by the permanent missions of CARICOM and the Republic of Malawi, as well as PAHO and UNFPA, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, the Forum of African First Ladies Against Breast and Cervical Cancer and PATH.  U.N. leadership and supporters at the side event aimed to build momentum for the U.N. High-level Meeting on NCDs this September.  Together, these organizations made a strong case for addressing women’s cancers as a key component to promoting global health and development.

The Resolution’s inclusion of women’s cancers represents an enormous step forward in addressing these diseases through national strategies that ensure access to prevention, early detection, treatment and palliation. The Society congratulates members of the 44^th Commission on Population and Development, the global health leadership of the Brazil mission, and the chairmanship of the 44^th Session by Ambassador Brian Bowler of the permanent mission of the Republic of Malawi.  

The Society has been a leading advocate of women’s cancers through its work supporting National, Regional and Global advocacy and cancer planning efforts in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

The Society urges multilateral institutions, donor agencies, governments, the private sector, health experts, civil society organizations, and the general public to make cancer control a priority for women’s health, broadening their attention to the burden of women’s cancers and supporting cancer interventions that complement and integrate women’s health priorities. The U.N. High-level Meeting on NCDs in September -- championed by CARICOM -- represents an unprecedented opportunity to bolster the commitment to women’s cancers set by the Commission on Population and Development Resolution.   

 

 

 

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