Primary Prevention of Cancer is Not Yet Well Addressed in the Political Agenda…
20 Jul 11 |
The WHO First International Conference on Environmental and Occupational Determinants of Cancer has created a list of objectives it aims to achieve in the coming years. These include:
- Defining a road map to better address environmental and occupational determinants of cancer, by reviewing the scientific evidence, key policy options and environmental interventions.
- Raising awareness about the substantial percentage of cancers that are caused by environmental and occupational risk factors
- Promoting environmental and occupational interventions in support of primary preventive measures
- Advocating for the integration of primary prevention of environmental and occupational cancers into the global cancer agenda (and the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) agenda);
- Developing partnerships between cancer and environment communities;
- Agreeing on future steps to build a global strategy on environmental and occupational cancer prevention.
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