The cancer in global cancer care inequity

The theme of this year’s World Cancer Day is “Close the care gap”. This year marks the first year of the three-year campaign centred on equity for cancer patients. This campaign is to raise awareness on the lack of equity in healthcare for cancer patients; it is also to make known the challenges faced by cancer patients in accessing the needed care and the effect these challenges pose on the survival and recovery rate of cancer patients globally.

February 4 is commemorated globally as the World Cancer Day, and it originated from the first world summit against cancer held in Paris in 2000. The International Union Against Cancer is a global organisation charged with the promotion of awareness against this disease on its detection, care and prevention.

Health equity is the aim of this three-year campaign and not necessarily health equality. This is because health equality means giving each region the same amount of resources to fight this menace but in the real sense, giving each region the same resources doesn’t mean helping them achieve the same potential. This is where health equity comes in.

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, 70% of cancer deaths occur in low-middle income countries. Yet another report by the American Cancer Society in 2019 says Black women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer, even though white women are more frequently diagnosed. It also states that black men die from prostate cancer twice as often as white men.

These reports show the health disparities in global cancer care due to race, ethnicity, health challenges and economic status. This is the aim of the three-year campaign to bridge the gap. At this stage of global development, your race, ethnicity or even existing health challenges should not be a reason why you don’t get enough access to quality health care.

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