Objectives of the
World Cancer Campaign and World Cancer Day

• Raise awareness on the profound and universal impact of cancer on human life and human suffering;
• Increase understanding of the solutions that exist. The challenge is to deliver a key set of evidence-based cancer prevention measures to the community at large and curative and palliative interventions to people with cancer and their caregivers;
• Translate knowledge into action. The next few years should see a wide array of choices from which to find remedies and solutions to fight cancer;
• Generate a movement that stimulates collective responsibility and action. Families, community-based groups, professional societies, national governments and the international community all need to support the delivery of programmes and services to everyone affected by cancer, as well as fight for better access to basic health services.