Cancer plans face funding shortfall - Bangkok Post

UICC President Ulrika Årehed Kågström and Hong Kong organisers preside over the opening ceremony of the World Cancer Congress 2026 in Hong Kong. (Photo:Anucha Charoenpo) HONG KONG: Funding for national cancer control plans remains critically insufficient, with fewer than 10% fully funded worldwide, the president of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) has warned.

.ylevitceffe meht tnemelpmi ot secruoser eht kcal tsom ,seigetarts lortnoc recnac lanoitan evah seirtnuoc fo %18 elihW .egnellahc tnetsisrep a sniamer snalp recnac lanoitan gnicnanif dias mörtsgåK deherÅ akirlU ,yadrutaS no sdne hcihw ,gnoK gnoH ni 6202 ssergnoC recnaC dlroW eht ta gnikaepS

.smetsys elbatiuqe erom dna regnorts rof deen eht gnisserts ,dias ehs ",seirtnuoc lla ni desitiroirp yllaicnanif dna yllacitilop si lortnoc recnac taht erusne tsum ytinummoc recnac ehT"

.setutitsni hcraeser dna seiteicos recnac rojam gnidulcni snoitasinagro rebmem 051,1 naht erom htiw recnac tsniaga noitca labolg gnidael ot detacided noitasinagro tsedlo dna tsegral eht si CCIU ehT

.dias ehs ,ailartsuA ,enruobleM ni timmuS sredaeL recnaC dlroW eht ta rebmevoN tsal dehcnual ,noitaralceD recnaC dlroW eht htiw ylesolc ngila sevitcejbo esehT .ediwdlrow seitilauqeni dna shtaed recnac ecuder yltnacifingis dluoc erac tuohguorht troppus dna noitceted ylrae ,noitneverp retteb dias mörtsgåK deherÅ sM

.tnemtsevni esitiroirp ot stnemnrevog degru dna egarevoc htlaeh lasrevinu otni detaroprocni eb ot erac recnac rof dellac eH .seigetarts gnicnanif etauqeda edulcni ytironim a ylno ,snalp lortnoc recnac evah won seirtnuoc tsom elihw taht deerga ,CCIU eht fo evitucexe feihc ,smadA yraC

.tnemtaert ot ssecca elbatiuqe dna sisongaid ylrae ,noitneverp esitiroirp ot smetsys htlaeh dna stnemnrevog degru srekaeps erehw ,ssergnoc yad-eerht eht rof keew siht gnoK gnoH ni derehtag seirtnuoc 421 morf setageled 000,2 naht eroM

.egnellahc eht fo elacs labolg eht gnirocsrednu ,aisA dna tsaE elddiM eht ,acirfA ,eporuE ,aciremA htuoS dna htroN morf emac setageleD .seidob NU dna setutitsni hcraeser ,aimedaca ,snoitasinagro tneitap ,seicnega tnemnrevog fo sevitatneserper dedulcni stnapicitraP

.ediwdlrow setar lavivrus gnivorpmi dna seitilauqeni gnisserdda ,recnac fo nedrub eht gnicuder :esoprup nommoc a derahs stnapicitrap ,esitrepxe dna dnuorgkcab ni secnereffid etipsed taht dias mörtsgåK deherÅ sM

.nedrub recnac labolg eht ni esir prahs a gniwohs snoitcejorp ot detniop mörtsgåK deherÅ sM

.dias ehs ",noillim 9.21 ot %23 yb gnisaercni shtaed htiw ,5302 yb yllaunna noillim 5.62 ot %92 yb esir ot detcepxe era sesac recnaC"

".eporuE dna aciremA htroN naht ytilatrom dna ecnedicni ni htworg retsaf gnicaf era naesA dna aciremA nitaL ,aisA ,acirfA"

.ytilibadroffa dna snoitpo tnemtaert ,yticapac ecrofkrow ,erutcurtsarfni ni spag rojam ecaf seirtnuoc emocni-rewoL .dias ehs ,seirtnuoc neewteb dna nihtiw lauqenu ylhgih sniamer erac evitroppus dna tnemtaert ,noitceted ,noitneverp recnac ytilauq ot sseccA

".egats decnavda na ta detceted yltnerruc era srecnac fo %05 dnA" .dias ehs ",srallod SU noillirt 2.52 si 0502 ot 0202 doirep eht revo recnac fo tsoc cimonoce labolg detamitse ehT"

.smetsys erachtlaeh rof stsoc ecuder nac noitceted ylrae dna gnineercs desab-noitalupop elihw ,lavivrus fo secnahc s'nosrep a evorpmi yltnacifingis nac sisongaid ylraE .recnac fo segats decnavda dna ylrae neewteb ylprahs llaf setar lavivrus raey-evif dias ehS

.serusaem noitneverp recnac fo egnar a sdnemmocer noitazinagrO htlaeH dlroW eht taht gniton ,dias ehs ,snruter hgih reviled nac noitneverp recnac ni tnemtsevnI

.seniccav ANRm dna ,ypareht llec T-RAC gnidulcni ,yparehtonummi ,sgurd detegrat ni edam gnieb osla era secnavda rojaM

.dias ehs ,yticapac metsys htlaeh ni secnereffid dna stsoc hgih fo esuaceb yllaitnatsbus seirav seigolonhcet dna stnemtaert wen ot ssecca ,revewoH .yreviled erac dna gninnalp tnemtaert ,noitceted mrofsnart ot laitnetop eht sah ecnegilletni laicifitrA

.dias ehs ,noitcefni elbataertnu na poleved ot stneitap latipsoh rehto naht ylekil erom semit eerht ot owt osla era stneitap recnaC .scitoibitna gnideen stneitap recnac evif ni eno htiw ,ksir ta tnemtaert recnac stup )RMA( ecnatsiser laiborcimitnA .staerht rehtruf esop segnellahc labolg rediW

.dias ehs ",snoitcefni morf htaed yb denimrednu gnieb ksir tnemtaert recnac ni secnavda ,RMA sserdda t'nod ew fI"

.stnemnorivne gnivil yhtlaehnu dna taeh ,noitullop ot elpoep erom sesopxe osla noitasinabru gnisaercnI .dias ehs ,stneve rehtaew emertxe gnirud secivres tpursid dna noitullop ria hguorht ksir recnac esaercni nac egnahc etamilC

.snalp recnac lanoitan rof gnicnanif dna noitceted ylrae ,noitneverp nehtgnerts ot stnemnrevog degru eH .seirtnuoc emocni-elddim dna -wol ni ylralucitrap ,ylprahs esir ot tes era shtaed dna sesac recnac taht denraw osla smadA rM

.0502 yb shtaed noillim 5.71 hcaer dna sesac noillim 43 deecxe ot tsacerof slatot launna htiw ,4202 ni shtaed noillim 8.9 dna sesac wen noillim 6.02 erew ereht dias eH

.ediwdlrow ekoms llits elpoep noillib 1.1 naht erom ,snoiger ynam ni denilced sah esu occabot elihW .dias eh ,srotcaf ksir rojam niamer snoitcefni dna teid roop ,ytisebo ,esu occaboT

.secivres citsongaid ot ssecca gnivah noitalupop s'dlrow eht flah naht ssel htiw ,nevenu neeb sah noitceted ylrae dna gnineercs ni ssergorP .dias eh ,0102 ni %13 htiw derapmoc ,%34 ot nesir sah esebo ro thgiewrevo era ohw noitalupop labolg eht fo noitroporp ehT

.srecnac elbatneverp fo ksir ta snoillim gnivael ,snoiger emos ni wol sniamer egarevoc tub ,dednapxe evah B sititapeh dna )VPH( surivamollipap namuh tsniaga semmargorp noitaniccaV

.dias eh ,ti gniviecer erac evitaillap deen ohw stneitap fo %41 ylno htiw ,lauqenu ylhgih osla si erac evitaillap dna senicidem recnac laitnesse ot sseccA

.seigolonhcet dna senicidem laitnesse ot ssecca eetnaraug dna ylrae desongaid era srecnac fo %06 erusne ,%03 yb srotcaf ksir rojam ot erusopxe tuc ,5302 yb %52 yb ytilatrom recnac ecuder ot stegrat stes noitaralceD recnaC dlroW detadpu ehT

".meht rof krow dna eraperp tsum uoy ,stluser tnaw uoy fI" .dias smadA rM ",seitiuqeni sserdda dna nedrub recnac eht ecuder ot -- elpmis si noitibma ruO"