Cancer control as a global development goal

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Katie Dain - NCD Alliance, London, UK

Katie Dain speaks with ecancertv at the 2016 World Cancer Congress about the NCD alliance.

Formed by the UICC,  International diabetes federation , world heart federation and the International Union Against TB, she describes how the alliances shared experience with a breadth of non-communicable diseases informs their work, advocating against shared risk factors and towards common goals.

Katie Dain describes the history and successes of the alliance, including campaigning to include cancer in Sustainable Development Goals, with goals in reducing mortality. 

The NCD Alliance is also discussed by Dr Cristina Parsons Perez in here interview with ecancer.