World cancer day is an international day that is marked on the 4th of February annually to raise cancer awareness and to encourage its prevention, early diagnosis and treatment. It is being led by the Union for international cancer control (UICC). World Cancer Day has turned into a positive campaign urging everyone everywhere to unite under one voice to fight one of history’s greatest challenges since its inception in 2000.
Walk With Us Cancer Foundation (WAWUC) in her efforts to reduce the incidence of cancer in Nigeria and Africa at large organizesa series of indelible activities which involve students and schools,health workers, other–health organizations/NGOs, and banking sectors to mention but a few.
The activities which are used to commemorate this day include:
- Quiz competition amongst senior secondary school students in the state.
- Walk for life
- Scientific presentation on cancer
- Gala /award event
- Free cancer screening
Walk With Us Cancer Foundation (WAWUC) in a bid to chant the cancer song across all walks of life, organizes these activities above and ensures that the most active populace and workforce in the state are vigorously involved. This increased participation will help in further spreading the information about cancer and its mitigated measures across the state, thus closing the existing care gap.
