Our International Legal Training Program targets government lawyers, policymakers and other leaders from low- and middle-income countries, with the aim of building specialist skills in the use of law to prevent cancer and other non-communicable disease (NCDs).
Our Courses
We offer a variety of training courses and workshops tailored to a range of professionals working in various contexts.
Law and NCDs course (online)
This six-week online training mixes self-paced modules with interactive live sessions covering key topics in harnessing law to prevent and control NCDs. The course is aimed primarily at government lawyers and policymakers in low- and middle-income countries.
UICC Master course on Engaging with law and policy for cancer prevention and control (online)
This online course is designed for civil society especially cancer and health policy professionals, cancer advocates, senior managers in cancer agencies.
It is focused on demystifying the law for cancer and health policy professionals, to support the effective use of law to get the best cancer and NCD outcomes for all countries.
The course discusses the role of law in cancer control, from global frameworks and the relevance of international law in cancer prevention, to using the law effectively to advance Universal Health Coverage using a mix of global case studies, guest speakers, and practical exercises.
This self-paced course of five modules is available on-demand from the UICC online learning platform and is free for UICC members.
We are part of the faculty and organising team for the UICC Master course on “Women, Power and Cancer,” together with the Lancet Commission. The course will be launched in Q1, 2025 on the UICC Platform.
Thematic and regional workshops (online and face to face)
We facilitate a range of thematic and regional workshops alongside our partners and alumni, in both virtual and face-to-face format.
These include our one-week workshops on tobacco plain packaging, regional law and NCD workshops in the Caribbean, Eastern Mediterranean Region, and the Pacific, and collaboration with the Norwegian Cancer Society on law and tobacco control workshops.
We also regularly hold webinars on law and NCDs for our alumni, partners and the public.
Get involved
Contact info@mccabecentre.org for more information, or to discuss collaborating on a country, thematic or regional course.
Our Training Impact
Through these programs, we have trained and/or supported more than 400 government lawyers and policymakers in more than 100 countries.
Known as McCabe Centre alumni, many of these leaders have gone on to develop, implement and defend laws aimed at addressing NCDs in their own countries, benefiting their own communities.
Alumni take a leading role in many of our country and thematic workshops, sharing lessons learned from their experience implementing and defending laws.
Here is a quick glimpse of what our alumni have achieved with training and support from the McCabe Centre.
