World Cancer Day 2022 marks the first year of a new three-year campaign centred on the issue of equity. The campaign theme 'Close the care gap' recognises the power of knowledge and challenges assumptions.
World Cancer Day 2022-2024 theme: Close the Care Gap
This World Cancer Day, we recognise the power of knowledge.
We know that every single one of us has the ability to make a difference, large or small, and that together we can make real progress in reducing the global impact of cancer.
This 4 February, we call on you, whoever and wherever you are, to play your part in creating a cancer-free world.
This World Cancer Day, what will you learns about the gap in cancer care?
A 3-year campaign for impact World Cancer Day is more than a day on the calendar. That’s why our campaign is built to inspire change and mobilise action long after the day itself.
A multi-year campaign means more exposure and engagement, more opportunities to build global awareness and ultimately more impact.
2022: Realising the problem
The first year of the ‘Close the Care Gap’ campaign is all about understanding and recognising the inequities in cancer care around the globe. It’s about having an open mind, challenging assumptions and looking at the hard facts:
- Inequity in cancer care costs lives.
- People who seek cancer care hit barriers at every turn.
- Income, education, location and discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability and lifestyle are just a few of the factors that can negatively affect care.
- The gap affects everyone, including you and your loved ones.
- These barriers are not set in stone. They can be changed.
This is the year to question the status quo and help reduce stigma; to listen to the perspectives of the people living with cancer and their communities and let those lived experiences guide our thoughts and actions.
That’s how we can begin to imagine a better way of doing things and to build a fairer vision of the future—a future where people live healthier lives and have better access to health and cancer services, no matter where they are born, grow, age, work or live.
This World Cancer Day, what will you learn about the gaps in cancer care?
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