Breast cancer: WHO unveils roadmap to save 2.5m lives

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has unveiled a Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework today providing a roadmap to attain the targets to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040.

The unveiling, is coming as the world observed the world cancer day, celebrated every year on Feb. 4 to promote awareness on cancer as a public health issue and to strengthen actions towards improving access to quality care, screening, …

The framework, the WHO said, recommends to countries to implement the three pillars of health promotion for early detection, timely diagnosis and comprehensive management of breast cancer to reach the targets.