The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Code Against Cancer is the first regional adaptation of the European Code Against Cancer, under the umbrella of the World Code Against Cancer Framework.
More than 60 experts from the region have developed a set of 17 cancer prevention recommendations for the public, suited to the epidemiological, economic, social, and cultural conditions of Latin America and the Caribbean. Each recommendation is accompanied by recommendations for policy-makers to guide governments in establishing the infrastructure needed to enable the public to adopt the recommendations.
The first edition of the LAC Code Against Cancer offers unified and clear evidence-based messages to educate the population on cancer prevention, and also provides an exceptional public health instrument to guide and support governments in the implementation of their cancer control strategies, as well as an e-learning tool for primary health care providers.
The LAC Code Against Cancer has the following three levels of information or outputs:
Level 1: 17 region-specific evidence-based recommendations on cancer prevention targeted to the general population and to policy-makers (developed in Spanish, and translated into Portuguese and English)
Level 2: An online competency-based microlearning programme for health professionals in primary care, on the topics covered by the recommendations (developed in Spanish, and to be translated into Portuguese and English). This online competency-based microlearning programme is hosted in the PAHO Virtual Campus for Public Health
Level 3: Publication of the recommendations’ scientific justification and evidence base in peer-reviewed articles, directed to the scientific community (in English)
More than 60 experts across Latin America and the Caribbean are currently involved in the development, implementation, and dissemination of the first Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer.
The Coordination Group for Development and Maintenance is composed of:
The Coordination Group for Implementation, Dissemination, and Exploitation is composed of:
Special acknowledgment to:
Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre/Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de Sant Pau: Literature review group (from 2021)
www.cochrane.org
Funders:
Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Albert Einstein
International Agency for Research on Cancer
www.iarc.who.int/
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org