Western Pacific Region (WPR)

A case study featuring national cancer control planning efforts in the Republic of Korea. Produced jointly by the National Cancer Center Korea (NCC Korea) and the Union for International Cancer Control the case study describes in details how NCC Korea has supported national cancer control planning and implementation in the country over the past 20 years. 

In 2019 the government of Malaysia made a public commitment to their population to eliminate cervical cancer which despite being largely preventable, is the third most common cancer among Malaysian women with an incidence rate of 10.5 per 100,000 population in 2018. This commitment was reiterated by the Deputy Minister of Health at the parliament a year later.

Malaysia was one of the countries that proposed a draft resolution Cervical cancer prevention and control: accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem on World Cancer Day (4th of February) 2020 (EB146/CONF./5). Anticipating the 90:70:90 three pillar approach of the WHO Global Strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem, Malaysia reviewed its current programmes and services and the impact which they were having.

Cancer preparedness in Asia-Pacific: Progress towards universal cancer control is a report written by The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Roche. It looks at different responses to the cancer challenge in Asia-Pacific and the essential elements needed to enhance preparedness in the region. The ten countries included in this study were chosen based on various factors including size, income-level diversity  and progress made towards universal health coverage (UHC): Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea and Vietnam. The report is based on several strands of research.