
McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer
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Advancing #law to stop #cancer. Working for a world free from preventable cancer, where people affected by cancer have equitable access to treatment & care.
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What's law got to do with it? Everything! Why cancer prevention and control is a human rights law issue – hot topic being covered now at World Cancer Congress #WCC2024 by Tarishi Desai & panel Rachel Devotsu Kiton Rachel Kitonyo Kenji López-Cuevas Alejandra Décima Fatia Kiyange



Suzanne Zhou currently chairing a session with National Cancer Institute on future directions in tobacco law & policy, exploring new & old challenges in #tobaccocontrol Mariana Henriques Lekan Ayo-Yusuf M. Parascandola M. Manusamy R. Salloum Suzanne Zhou #WCC2024


Kicking off day 3 of #wcc2024 with a fantastic session on women, power and cancer- 1 year on from the landmark Lancet Commission, what progress have we seen? Ying Yi Gao ICanServe Foundation IARC



In partnership with World Health Organization (WHO) & Adrian Tinajero Cancer Society, the McCabe Centre hosted the Law & Tobacco Control Workshop at @UICC post #WCC2024. 40 experts shared global & European strategies to advance tobacco control & reduce the cancer burden. #GlobalHealth #FCTC #tobaccontrol



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We are very pleased to be joining health ministers and other leaders from the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region this week in Manila to discuss critical health issues like climate resilience, digital health, primary health care, health financing and oral health. #NCDs #RCM75


This week we're at #OTCC24 presenting on tobacco industry interference, global governance for tobacco control, human rights, the plastics treaty, and reducing supply of tobacco across 8 sessions. Hayley Jones Suzanne Zhou CancerCouncilOz Cancer Council WA #tobaccocontrol #Cancer


x.com/HealthIIA/stat… We're joining the Health-IIA Roundtable on Safeguarding Health in Trade and Investment Agreements with Monash University Uni & Sydney Uni Media. Register here: Health-IIA Round-table on Safeguarding Health in Trade and Investment Agreements


Our Director Hayley Jones was in Canberra last week for the NCD Leadership Workshop ahead of the fourth UN High Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health workshop - with Australia’s Ambassador for Global Health, Dr. Lucas de Toca, and other experts. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 #NCDs The George Institute for Global Health


Melbourne Law School student, Samuel Lake, shares his reflections about his recent internship with the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, a unit of Cancer Council Victoria. See here: mccabecentre.org/news-and-updat… Melbourne Law School Info. on internships here: law.unimelb.edu.au/students/jd/en…


We’re thrilled to be included in the recently released report from the World Health Organisation World Health Organization (WHO) – Two Decades of action: Strategies to advance Tobacco Control in the Western Pacific! See the report here: who.int/westernpacific…. #CancerControl #TobaccoControl #Cancer



Launching today #UniversalHealthCoverage Day! New McCabe Centre World Health Organization (WHO) Policy Brief for the Western Pacific Region on Law, NCDs and UHC. Everyone has the right to health - accessible, equitable & affordable. See: mccabecentre.org/news-and-updat… #UHC2024 #LawandCancer #NCDs #UHC


We joined the IGTC @ Johns Hopkins’ South Asia Regional Tobacco Control Leadership Program in Colombo, Sri Lanka last week. Suzanne Zhou presented on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Institute for Global Tobacco Control World Health Organization (WHO) See here: publichealth.jhu.edu/institute-for-…
