Non-adherence to international standards; low visibility Former Middle East Cancer 150:143 No Scarce infrastructure; location unclear; few Consortium registry, since 1998 trained staff Mandatory notification across the former Soviet Union 306:226 NCD plan, 2016-20 Non-adherence to international standards; low visibility; no software Cancer registry established in 145:132 NCD plan, Armed conflicts; little training 1976, CanReg4 software 2013-17 Cancer registration workshop, IAEA, 2014 Collaborative research agreement, 2016 Technical support; training; Site visit and recommendations, resources in Russian 2015 Cancer registry assessment Site visit with IAEA and workshop and recommendations, 2012 recommendations, 2016 Azerbaijan Israel Georgia Jordan Kazakhstan Lebanon Syria High Very high High High High High Medium Mandatory notification across the former Soviet Union National cancer registry, data in 318:259 166:124 CI5 volumes II-XI CanReg5 translated into Georgian; project on cancer registration 208:164 Former Middle East Cancer 153:158 Consortium registry, since 1996, data in CI5 volume XI started in 2012 Cancer registry database since 2002; electronic registry of cancer patients since 2015 282:217 National pathology-based 204:193 registration software Cancer registry using CanReg4 148:145 No preparation In No No Yes, 2012-16 NCD plan, 2016-20 No Mostly hospital-based cancer registries Better use of hospital information systems; training new staff Mostly hospital-based cancer registries; inadequate funding Scarcity of mortality data; large proportion of refugee populations Non-adherence to international standards Pathology-based cancer registration Armed conflicts On-site training of the registry No country-specific activities team at Izmir Cancer Registry, 2016 Collaborative research Site visit with IAEA and agreement, 2016 recommendations, 2014 Site visit (IAEA Programme of Site visits (Global Initiative for Action for Cancer Therapy) and Cancer Registration and IAEA) recommendations, 2013 and recommendations, 2016; Astana, 2014 basic cancer registration course, No country-specific activities Kyrgyzstan Turkey Tajikistan Medium High Medium Data from 1986-87 in CI5 volume VI; Cancer Registry Project by the Ministry of Health started in 2015 Regional cancer registries in CI5 258:162 152:129 volumes IX-XI Mandatory notification across the former Soviet Union 129:112 NCD plan, 2013-20 Yes, 2013-18 Yes, 2010-15 Lack of commitment to cancer registration; unclear location; inadequate funding Questionable quality of mortality data Poorly developed infrastructure; no funding for cancer registration Activities organised with Cancer Site visits and Control Department, Ministry of recommendations, 2015 and Health: six basic cancer 2016; technical support setting registration courses; five CanReg up CanReg5 system Courses; three advanced courses; Site visits and recommendations, 2012; IAEA two workshops; four site visits Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy Turkmenistan Medium Mandatory notification across the 159:133 NCD plan, No information No country-specific activities former Soviet Union 2014-20 Uzbekistan Medium Mandatory notification across the 97:103 No Mostly hospital-based cancer registries Site visit and recommendations, former Soviet Union 2013 to (Table continues on next page) Series IARC and the northern African registries have a long history of collaboration.