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• The burden of cancer in the EU is high and rising. Cancer causes 1 in 4 deaths and is the second leading cause of death, illness, and disability in many EU countries. Approximately 13% of cancers diagnosed globally in 2018 were attributed to carcinogenic infections, such as viruses and bacteria. In Europe, there are about 53,000 new cervical cancer cases annually that are attributed to HPV infection and there are estimates of more than 60,000 deaths annually due to liver cancer, of which Hepatitis B is a risk factor. Both infections can be prevented by vaccines.
• Following the event Beating Cancer through prevention: A call for action on vaccine-preventable cancers across Europe hosted by MEP Gonzalez Casares and organised by Vaccines Europe, a call to action has been launched. It calls on policymakers at EU and member state level to adopt 8 policy actions to prevent cancer through vaccination, and we need your support as a co-signatory! 
• The call to action can be found here.
• To support it, please fill in the form below. We will contact you as soon as the final version with all co-signatories is ready.

• The data collected will be used for collecting sign-ups to the call to action. The data you provide will be used to process your signature to the call to action and to keep you informed of updates (e.g. when the final call to action is available online).