City Cancer Challenge

We’re supporting cities around the world as they work to improve access to equitable, quality cancer care.

[City Cancer Challenge @CCan_org]

On #WorldCancerResearchDay ➡️ new guide presented at #WorldCancerCongress in Hong Kong: how to establish Knowledge Hubs that turn evidence into better cancer care in LMICs.
🔗 https://t.co/ZKDnFjffy1
#WCC2026 #GlobalHealth #CancerCare #ImplementationScience

[Triple I for Global Health @TripleI_forGH]

💡New Story: City Cancer Challenge @CCan_org

A new impact story explores how C/Can builds locally led cancer care ecosystems in LMICs — strengthening health systems city by city to reach 937,000+ patients.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/WuVup0yNsi

[Triple I for Global Health @TripleI_forGH]

💡 【好事例紹介】City Cancer Challenge @CCan_orgの取組事例を公開しました。

低・中所得国で、「都市」を起点に保健医療システムを強化し、現地主導のがん医療体制を構築。これまでに約93.7万人の患者にリーチしています。

詳細はこちら▶️ https://t.co/WuVup0yNsi

[St. Francis Hospital Nsambya @NsambyaHospital]

Recently we welcomed representatives from the City Cancer Challenge Foundation (C/Can) during a courtesy visit aimed at strengthening collaboration to improve cancer care in Uganda.

[St. Francis Hospital Nsambya @NsambyaHospital]

Our CEO, Dr. @AndrewSekitolek , received the delegation and reaffirmed the hospital’s commitment to delivering quality cancer services.

#NsambyaHospital

[OncoDaily @oncodaily]

Beyond the Policy Paper: Turning Cancer Plans into Real Impact | Dr. Rolando Camacho

In this episode of Global Health Unpacked, on #OncoDaily , host Dr. Gvantsa Khizanishvili is joined by Dr. Rolando Camacho, Consultant for Cancer Control Planning at the World Health Organization and Global Technical Lead at City Cancer Challenge Foundation, for an in-depth discussion on what makes National Cancer Control Programs (NCCPs) successful.

Drawing on decades of international experience, Dr. Camacho explains why many cancer control plans never achieve their intended impact and shares practical lessons on #leadership, the importance of political commitment and stakeholder engagement.

He talks about why realistic planning, sustainable financing and measurable indicators matter, and why it is importand to adapt the evidence to local contexts.

The conversation also explores how #artificialintelligence, digital health, and data-driven decision-making could shape the next generation of national cancer strategies.

https://t.co/6TBsgVL9Ih

@WHO @CCan_org

[William_Mantilla @wilar79]

Como parte del faculty de @ASCO y en colaboración con @CCan_org, tuve la oportunidad de participar en el programa para el fortalecimiento del manejo multidisciplinario de cáncer en la ciudad de Concepción, Chile. Muchos aprendizajes y oportunidades.

[ASCO @ASCO]

Last month, we collaborated with @CCan_org for a Multidisciplinary Cancer Management Course (MCMC) in Concepción, Chile.

Thank you to the dedicated attendees, expert faculty, and our partners at City Cancer Challenge for an incredible week of shared learning!
#ASCOGlobalImpact

[Fast-Track Cities @FastTrackCities]

A town hall meeting with and for stakeholders attending the global Fast-Track Cities conference next month in Berlin will inform future directions through a consultative process led by a regionally representative Future Directions Task Force. https://t.co/MHlJ5xwnHz

[OncoDaily @oncodaily]

OncoCorridor,

When war closes doors,
we open corridors!

In conflict-affected regions, cancer care is often the first thing lost. OncoCorridor bridges that gap, connecting cancer patients in conflict zones to treatment centers worldwide.🌍

Join us in Geneva for this vital launch during #WHA79.

📌Isabel Mestres (@IsabelMestres)

Chief Executive Director, @CCan_org, Switzerland 🇨🇭

📅 May 18th, 15:00 - 18:00
📍 The Ritz-Carlton Hotel de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭

#OncoCorridor #Cancer #GlobalOncology #WHA79 #GlobalHealth #OncoDaily #MedX #Mednews #MedEd

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

Ahead of #WHA79, NCD Alliance, @CCan_org, and the Partnership for International Politics and Diplomacy for Health convened a webinar calling for #NCDs, including #MentalHealth and neurological conditions, to be placed at the centre of global health architecture reform.

🎙️ “How can we have an international [health] system that is responding more to the future, and not just to the past?” — a question raised by Anders Nordström in his opening remarks, framed the conversation and prompted speakers to reflect on what we can build on and how we can address current gaps to make the international health system fit for today’s realities and future health needs.

You can read the key highlights from the discussion and 📽️ watch the webinar recording here 👉 https://t.co/vDsVtuXgIV

[City Cancer Challenge @CCan_org]

.@CCan_org is working city by city so that where people live doesn’t determine whether they survive breast cancer,
implementing the @WHO GBCI & its recommendations to make a difference for patients. And now, expanding further

Don't miss it 👉 https://t.co/i7aeLEPyQO

[City Cancer Challenge @CCan_org]

2.5 million lives could be saved by 2040. That is the target behind the @WHO GBCI.

@CCan_org is expanding its city-level implementation to reach more women, in more cities, through more health systems

Be part of the announcement at #WHA79 in Geneva 👉 https://t.co/PTD8nYhDv4

[City Cancer Challenge @CCan_org]

80,000+ women reached. 450+ professionals trained. 4 cities with locally led action plans.

Three years of C/Can implementing the @WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI). And now, we're expanding.
Join the announcement at #WHA79 on 18 May 👇

🔗https://t.co/PTD8nYhDv4

[CancerWorld @CancerWorldmag]

🌍Global health is very good at diagnosing problems. But it is far less effective at making sure solutions actually reach patients.

That gap, between plans and reality, is where Isabel Mestres has chosen to work. As CEO of City Cancer Challenge, she is not focused on theory or high-level commitments alone, but on something much harder: 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆.

Her journey was not linear. From the private sector to global travel across Latin America, Asia, and Africa, to media and international development, she kept returning to one question: where does impact actually happen?

That search eventually led her to cancer care — a field defined by both innovation and deep inequality. Where outcomes can still depend entirely on where you are born.

What stayed with her was simple, and unsettling:

Patients being told they may have cancer… and then left without a clear path to diagnosis or treatment.

That reality became her turning point.

Instead of staying at the level of plans, she focused on systems where change can actually be built starting with cities. Not because they are simple, but because they make the full patient journey visible: where care breaks, where coordination fails, and where it can be fixed.

Her work is grounded in a simple belief: 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉.

Not more strategies. Not more reports. But systems that deliver for patients. 💡

In a field full of thinkers, she represents something rarer.

The one who builds. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒓.

Read the full CancerWorld interview by Gevorg Tamamyan below 👇

https://t.co/tKnLo7hWL4

@oncodaily | @GevTamamyan | @CCan_org | @IsabelMestres

#IsabelMestres, #CityCancerChallenge, #GlobalHealth, #CancerCare, #HealthEquity, #Oncology, #HealthSystems, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆.

[OncoDaily @oncodaily]

CancerWorld - Isabel Mestres on Closing the Gap Between Cancer Care Plans and Reality

@CancerWorldmag @GevTamamyan @CCan_org @IsabelMestres

https://t.co/S5z6mifkko

#OncoDaily #Oncology #Cancer #Health #Medicine #MedX #MedTwitter

[City Cancer Challenge @CCan_org]

Three years in, @CCan_org and @WHO are expanding the Global Breast Cancer Initiative, reaching more health systems, more cities, and more #women in need of better #BreastCancer care

Join us at #WHA79, Geneva, May 18. 👇
https://t.co/PTD8nYhDv4

[City Cancer Challenge @CCan_org]

The city of tomorrow thrives on collaboration.

By sharing knowledge across cities and borders, we strengthen cancer care locally while contributing to more equitable global health outcomes.

➡️ See how collaboration accelerates progress.

#ImpactThatMatters

[Fundación Foro Nacional de Cáncer @FNCChile]

Nuestra Fundación se suma a la campaña global “Mujeres y Salud” de @CCan_org Nos enorgullece que nuestra directora ejecutiva, @carolinagoic sea protagonista.

Cada año 2,3 millones de mujeres mueren prematuramente de cáncer.
800.000 vidas podrían salvarse con mejor acceso.

[Fundación Foro Nacional de Cáncer @FNCChile]

@carolinagoic contribuye a una atención oncológica más equitativa a través de las #políticaspúblicas.

Su liderazgo demuestra lo que se puede lograr.

Unámonos a @CCan_org para hacerlo realidad.

Mujeres Legislando la Salud. Fuerza Global.

#WomenAndHealth #CancerCare #LeyCáncer