Address by  Hon. Moses Jn Baptiste on World Cancer Day Feb 3 2022 (Kweyol)
Channel: Saint Lucia Government
Date: 04/02/2022

SAINT LUCIA JOINS IN THE CAMPAIGN TO CLOSE THE CANCER CARE GAP

Every year on February 4th Saint Lucia joins the rest of the world to observe World Cancer Day. This annual observance brings to light, this leading threat to health and well-being.
Cancer has for decades, been a leading cause of illness and death and in 2020 it accounted for nearly 10 million deaths worldwide. No part of our globe has been spared the impact of cancer, Saint Lucia being no exception. Information from the Ministry of Health has informed us that between 2018 and 2020 over 3, 700 new cases of cancer were diagnosed among these being prostate cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer and breast cancer. In 2020 alone 1, 274 lives were lost to cancer in Saint Lucia.