Akaza Hideyuki, Kawahara Norie, Nozaki Shinjiro, Sonoda Shigeto, Fukuda Takashi, Cazap Eduardo, Trimble Edward L, Roh Jae Kyung, Hao Xishan
Department of Strategic Investigation on Comprehensive Cancer Network, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan E-mail :
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(1):1-8. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.1.1.
The Japan National Committee for the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and UICC-Asia Regional Office (ARO) organized a Roundtable Discussion as part of the official program of the UICC World Cancer Congress 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. The theme for the Roundtable Discussion was - Looking Toward the Realization of Universal Health Care (UHC) for Cancer in Asia - and it was held on December 5, 2014. The meeting was held based on the recognition that although each country may take a different path towards the realization of UHC, one point that is common to all is that cancer is projected to be the most difficult disease to address under the goals of UHC and that there is, therefore, an urgent and pressing need to come to a common understanding and awareness with regard to UHC concepts that are a priority component of a post-MDG development agenda. The presenters and participants addressed the issue of UHC for cancer in Asia from their various perspectives in academia and international organizations. Discussions covered the challenges to UHC in Asia, collaborative approaches by international organizations, the need for uniform and relevant data, ways to create an Asia Cancer Barometer that could be applied to all countries in Asia. The session concluded with the recognition that research on UHC in Asia should continue to be used as a tool for cancer cooperation in Asia and that the achievement of UHC would require research and input not only from the medical community, but from a broad sector of society in a multidisciplinary approach. Discussions on this issue will continue towards the Asia-Pacific Cancer Conference in Indonesia in August 2015.
日本国际癌症控制联盟（UICC）国家委员会与UICC亚洲区域办公室（ARO）组织了一场圆桌讨论，作为2014年在澳大利亚墨尔本举行的UICC世界癌症大会官方议程的一部分。此次圆桌讨论的主题是——展望亚洲实现癌症全民健康覆盖（UHC）——于2014年12月5日举行。会议基于这样一种认识召开：尽管各国在实现全民健康覆盖的道路上可能采取不同路径，但共同之处在于，在全民健康覆盖目标下，癌症预计将是最难应对的疾病，因此，迫切需要就全民健康覆盖概念达成共识并提高认识，这些概念是千年发展目标后发展议程的优先组成部分。演讲者和与会者从学术界和国际组织的不同角度探讨了亚洲癌症全民健康覆盖问题。讨论内容包括亚洲全民健康覆盖面临的挑战、国际组织的合作方式、统一且相关数据的必要性、创建适用于亚洲所有国家的亚洲癌症晴雨表的方法。会议最后认识到，亚洲全民健康覆盖研究应继续作为亚洲癌症合作的工具，实现全民健康覆盖不仅需要医学界，还需要社会各界以多学科方式进行研究和投入。关于这个问题的讨论将持续到2015年8月在印度尼西亚举行的亚太癌症大会。
