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The recognition by the United Nations that non-communicable diseases (NCDs, including cancer) are a threat, not only to public health, but to nations’ economies, was built upon the work by the World Health Organization in the areas of cancer control and risk-reduction strategies, especially directed to tobacco, diet and nutrition and alcohol. This culminated in the UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on NCDs in 2011. This historical window for setting the pace to address NCDs needs now to be used so that the necessary changes at the global, regional and national health agendas are implemented.
Based on a speech at the occasion of the international cancer control congress Marrakesh/Morocco in January 2012. http://www.contrelecancer.ma/fr/marrakech-call
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Updates of the implementation of the FCTC are online. (http://www.who.int/fctc/signatories_Âparties/en/index.html)
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Ullrich, A. (2013). A Historical Moment: Cancer Prevention on the Global Health Agenda. In: Miller, A. (eds) Epidemiologic Studies in Cancer Prevention and Screening. Statistics for Biology and Health, vol 79. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5586-8_12
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