The Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (GICR) David Forman Head, Section of Cancer Information
Cancer registries – at the core of planning for cancer control Descriptive epidemiology
Population-based cancer registries play a central role in cancer control programmes because they provide the means to plan, monitor and evaluate the impact of specific interventions in targeted populations.
Definitive sources of global cancer information
Cancer Incidence in Five Continents % population covered by cancer registries in Vol. IX (number of registries/number of countries providing data) 32.5 83.0 (100/29) (54/2) 4.0 (44/15) 1.1 (5/5) 5.5 (11/7) 80.5 (11/2) 11.6 total (225/60)
The Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development • To develop capacity in LMICs to produce reliable, high-quality information on the burden of cancer – a key response to the UN Political Declaration on NCD in Sept 2011. • It proposed the establishment of a global network of regional hubs to provide support, training and infrastructure to local networks of cancer registries • GICR is an IARC initiative, backed by a number of major international partners • Fundraising program being developed with UICC with a minimum target $5m over 5 years http://gicr.iarc.fr/
The Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development • Partners’ meeting, held at IARC in July 2011 • Unveiled at the UICC World Cancer Leaders Summit in November 2011 • First IARC Regional hub for the Asia region established at the Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai (India) in 2011 • Second hub being launched in 2012 in Izmir (Turkey) [with support from Centre for Global Health, NCI, USA and the Cancer Control Department, Ministry of Health of Turkey] • African Cancer Registry Network (ACRN) launched in 2012 [collaboration led by Dr Max Parkin, INCTR with support from ACS, USA] • Next steps: Establishment of hubs in Latin-America and Caribbean with local partners (RINC) http://gicr.iarc.fr/
The Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development Other year one achievements: Regional training courses (Africa/French- speaking; Asia; Latin America/ Spanish- speaking); Technical Support expert visits, CanReg5 (in person, email, webinars) Collaborative Research Agreements (Asia), peer- reviewed articles; mapping and surveys Advocacy Factsheets; Community of Practice; high-level communications in international fora and with national authorities http://gicr.iarc.fr/
The Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development Year two activities: Presence in all developing regions of the world Enhanced training material – online and distance learning Integrated research program with monograph publications Systematic online global status reports regarding registry activity Scale-up of advocacy and fundraising programs http://gicr.iarc.fr/
• Place cancer and its surveillance firmly on the emerging global non-communicable diseases agenda • Bring quantum improvements in cancer registration in low and middle income countries • Enhance the quality of global cancer statistics for the benefit of cancer control
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