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London Global Cancer Week – Joint WHO-IAEA-IARC session

11 November 2024 10:00 – 12:30 GMT
Online event

A Global Cancer Workforce in Crisis: How to build capacities, reverse a threatening trend and promote equity

The World Health Organization, International Atomic Energy Agency and International Agency for Research on Cancer are pleased to host a 2.5-hour interactive session presenting trends in the cancer workforce globally, understanding current and future challenges and discussing pro-equity, evidence-based, approaches to build national capacities and organize a global response. This session will feature activities from partners mobilizing communities and gathering data, from national cancer programme managers delivering local solutions and from UN agencies implementing country-tailored approaches to this global challenge.

Objectives of the session are to:

  1. Present the current status and most up-to-date evidence of a global cancer workforce crisis.
  2. Elevate key messages around the global cancer workforce challenge and engage a global audience on the magnitude of the crisis and the implications for cancer care globally in the context of burdened health systems and future pandemics and health system shocks.
  3. Discuss potential solutions and mitigations to the risks posed by the cancer workforce crisis including approaches to build capacity, promote equity and reverse the trend.
  4. Present global initiatives led by WHO, IARC, and IAEA in an effort to address some of the challenges and highlight country experiences and lessons learnt.

This session will be attended by a range of online registered attendees including:

  • representative from WHO, IAEA, IARC and other development agencies;
  • representatives from ministries of health;
  • development and multilateral partners;
  • nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions and philanthropic organizations involved breast cancer and integrated women’s health programmes;
  • persons with lived experiences and civil society groups.