By David Leduc
Published on 4 Feb 21 at 15:15
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The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron was visiting, this Thursday, the Gustave-Roussy Institute, in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne). His coming was held as part of the world cancer day.
.@EmmanuelMacron set the course for the next 10 years in the fight against #Cancer at @GustaveRoussy, in Val-de-Marne, European leader in oncology.
More prevention, more screening, more means to fight this scourge. #WorldCancerDay pic.twitter.com/2ox5FOWLJV
– Laurent Saint-Martin (@LauStmartin) February 4, 2021
“Behind the figures, there are lives”
Emmanuel Macron visited at the Institut Gustave Roussy the onco-pediatrics department and the treatment research department. The President of the Republic presented on this occasion the “ten-year national strategy for the fight against cancer”, and announced that he was targeting a “tobacco-free generation” for those who will be 20 years old in 2030.
On this World Cancer Day, help us relay this message: despite the Covid pandemic, get tested and do not give up treatment!https://t.co/iNKQZidhvm
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) February 4, 2021
The President of the Republic declared:
“Behind figures that are often cold and impersonal, there are lives. Mourning that can be avoided. Families that can be rebuilt. Hope, for many patients. The recognition of a Nation for its caregivers and researchers. “
1.7 billion euros will be mobilized over the next 5 years to fight cancer.
This is 20% more than between 2016 and 2021. https://t.co/BdvMo6XRj3— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) February 4, 2021
In this #JourneeMondialeContreLeCancer, President @EmmanuelMacron chose @GustaveRoussy to illustrate the new ten-year cancer strategy and meet caregivers, researchers and patients. A visit and a trust that honor us. pic.twitter.com/08nC5H308q
– GustaveRoussy (@GustaveRoussy) February 4, 2021
#JourneeMondialeContreLeCancer
For the first time, ???????? has adopted a ten-year strategy to fight cancer and reduce its burden on our lives.Care, research, support, after-effects, let us give hope to all those struck by the disease.@EmmanuelMacron pic.twitter.com/YyPTU7EeXr
– Olivier Véran (@olivierveran) February 4, 2021
The mayor of the city, Pierre Garzon (PCF), had the opportunity to greet the president and discuss with him “the Campus Grand Parc project for which [il se] beats in the interest of global research and that of Villejuifois in terms of health, employment, training and housing ”.
President Emmanuel Macron had not been to the Val-de-Marne department since April 2020. At the heart of the coronavirus crisis and during the first confinement, the Head of State then went to the hospital Bicêtre, at the Kremlin-Bicêtre. A coming that did not fail to cause (several) controversies.
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