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World Cancer Day – February 04
February 5 , 2019
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- The World Cancer Day (WCD) is observed every year on 4th February across the World to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.
- This year marks the launch of the 3-year (2019-2021) ‘I Am and I Will’ campaign.
- The WCD was instituted by Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) in 2008 by formally writing goals of the World Cancer Declaration.
- The primary goal of observing the day is to reduce illness and death caused by it by 2020.
- The origin of day can be traced to 2000 at first World Summit Against Cancer, which was held in Paris, France.
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