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10 Million People Died Of Cancer Worldwide In 2021 – WHO

by pioneerng
February 7, 2022
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From Emmanuel Iyoho

ABUJA

At least 10 million people died of cancer across the world in 2021, the survival of children diagnosed with cancer is more than 80 per cent in high-income countries and less than 30 per cent in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

WHO disclosed this in a statement to commemorate World Cancer Day 2022 which has the theme ‘Closing the Care Gap’.

It noted that the disease has become one of the world’s leading causes of death, it warned that the death toll would continue to rise in years to come.

The executive secretary, Akwa Ibom State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Eno Attah (left) presenting Thermal Ablators to health personnel during the 2022 World Cancer Day celebration at General Hospital, Ikot Ekpene, recently.

“In 2021, the world crossed a sobering new threshold – an estimated 20 million people were diagnosed with cancer, and 10 million died,” said the statement. “These numbers will continue to rise in the decades ahead. And yet all cancers can be treated, and many can be prevented or cured.

“Care for cancer, however, like so many other diseases, reflects the inequalities and inequities of our world. The clearest distinction is between high- and low-income countries, with comprehensive treatment reportedly available in more than 90 per cent of high-income countries but less than 15 per cent of low-income countries.”

WHO said the survival of children diagnosed with cancer is more than 80 per cent in high-income countries and less than 30 per cent in low- and middle-income countries.

It revealed that the survival for breast cancer five years after diagnosis has exceeded 80 per cent in most high-income countries, compared with 66 per cent and 40 per cent in India and South Africa respectively.

A recent survey, the agency found that cancer services were covered by a country’s largest government health financing scheme in an estimated 37 per cent of low- and middle-income countries, compared to at least 78 per cent of high-income countries.

This means that a cancer diagnosis has the potential to push families into poverty, particularly in lower-income countries – an effect that has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO alarmed.

‘For all of these reasons, the theme for this year’s World Cancer Day is Closing the care Gap, the statement explained. “And fortunately, much is being done to bring quality cancer care to countries for which, up until now, it has been out of reach.

“WHO’s efforts are focused on breast cancer – now the most common cancer; cervical cancer – that can be eliminated; and childhood cancer. The focus for each of these initiatives is low- and middle-income countries, where the biggest public health gains are to be made.”

The global health agency assured that these integrated global cancer initiatives were being implemented by more than 200 partners around the world, including many development banks that have significantly increased their investments in cancer research, prevention, and care.

Recall that Friday,  February 4,  2022, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Cancer Day. The World Cancer Day celebration is sequel to its creation in 2000 to be held every February 4. 

Our correspondent reports that the World Cancer Day is a global initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to face one of our greatest challenges.

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