Good morning, this is Kasmira. We're covering the World Cancer Congress in Geneva, where health leaders warned this week of avoidable cancer deaths in poorer countries. Meanwhile, in Berlin, the World Health Summit wrapped up this week with a look at how the war in Ukraine is fuelling antimicrobial resistance. And the UN's new technology envoy gives one of his last interviews in Geneva before packing up and moving to New York.

Kasmira Jefford

20.10.2022

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Cary Adams, Bente Mikkelsen, Alejandra de Cima Aldrete, Valerie McCormack, Dr Miriam Mutebi and Dr Olivier Michielin address the World Cancer Congress press conference on Tuesday 18 October. (Credit: Kerry Cullinan)

⚕️NGO boss at World Cancer Congress: lack of early screening is driving more deaths in poorer countries. Common cancers that can be treated successfully when they're detected early are causing high mortality in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) because of a lack of screening and treatment, the head of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), one of the biggest international cancer organisations, warned in Geneva on Tuesday.

Geneva Solutions (EN)

Here's what else is happening

🔬The war in Ukraine is fuelling antimicrobial resistance, said Dr Laura Jung, a clinician and researcher at the University of Leipzig Medical Center in Germany, during the World Health Summit on Tuesday.
Devex (EN)
🚢 Malta instructs rescue ship to take 23 people to Egypt rather than to closer ports in Europe.
MSF (EN)
👩‍💻 ‘If we stick to our traditional methods, technology outpaces policy’ Amandeep Gill, the United Nations’ new envoy on technology said from his soon-to-be old office at the Maison de la Paix.
Swissinfo (EN)
💰 The IFRC wants to leverage financial markets to keep up with the world’s unprecedented humanitarian needs. Here’s how.
Fortune (EN)
👁️ Exclusive visit to a tracing centre at the ICRC. The device, which is being used for relatives of victims of the war in Ukraine, had not been activated since the Second World War.
Le Temps (paywall) (FR)

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