About us
Policies can help create environments that promote healthy lifestyles, reaching millions and making it easier for everyone to make healthier choices. Effective public health policies, from junk food marketing restrictions to alcohol warning labels, have a far-reaching impact, creating a healthier future for all – not just the individual.
By prioritising prevention, we can reduce the burden of cancer and other chronic diseases on a large scale – many of the policies that reduce cancer risk also have many other benefits in reducing other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), improving mental health and addressing climate change.
We want all countries to implement policies that help people follow our Cancer Prevention Recommendations – which are a package for reducing the risk of cancer in people and populations. By providing evidence and recommendations, we support policymakers in creating and implementing strategies to reduce the risk of cancer and other NCDs from diet, physical activity and alcohol.
