2023 - News & Announcements from the Center for Global Health
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NCI Hosts Kenya Cancer Care-Focused International Visitor Leadership ProgramOn December 4-5, NCI hosted a team of ten Kenyan cancer care experts and a Member of Parliament as part of a unique cancer care-focused International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) visit. This visit is jointly sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
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CGH Launches Survey to Better Understand Cancer Therapeutic Clinical Trials in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesNCI's Center for Global Health (CGH) has launched a survey to better understand the landscape of cancer therapeutic clinical trials in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). CGH is seeking clinicians with experience participating as a member of a research team in at least one cancer therapeutic clinical trial with a recruitment site or facility in a LMIC (as defined by the World Bank) to better understand the landscape of cancer, to the take survey.
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Women, Power, and Cancer: A Lancet CommissionThe new report, Women, power, and cancer: A Lancet Commission, brings together a multidisciplinary and diverse team from around the globe, including scholars with expertise in gender studies, human rights, law, economics, social sciences, cancer epidemiology, prevention, and treatment, as well as patient advocates, to analyze how women around the world experience cancer, and to provide recommendations to policy makers, governments, civil society, and health and social care systems. The report presents key findings and proposes a set of recommendations to inspire real-world action for transformational change.
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US and Costa Rica Renew Commitment to Collaborate in Cervical Cancer Prevention ResearchOn August 29th, 2023, the United States National Cancer Institute and the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social of Costa Rica renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to reaffirm the 30-year bilateral collaboration and commitment to cervical cancer prevention research. President Rodrigo Chaves Robles of Costa Rica attended the signing ceremony.
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NCI Joins 6 partners to sign G7 Cancer MOU to Strengthen Coordination to Accelerate Progress Against Cancer WorldwideNCI Joined six partners to sign G7 Cancer MOU to Strengthen Coordination to Accelerate Progress Against Cancer Worldwide.
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US-Republic of Korea Cooperation in Biomedical ResearchNCI hosted the Korean Delegation visit which included leadership from the Korean Ministry of Health, National Cancer Center Korea, and Korea Health Industry Development Institute to discuss current and future cancer research cooperation between NCI and NCC Korea.