Showing posts with label World Cancer Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Cancer Day. Show all posts
131 months left to reduce untimely cancer deaths by one-third by 2030
This #WorldCancerDay Podcast features a panel of experts: Thuy Khuc-Bilon from UICC; Dr Natthaya Triphuridet, lung cancer expert and post-doctoral fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA, and faculty, HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science, Thailand; Dr Pooja Ramakant, breast cancer expert; Additional Professor, Department of Endocrine Surgery, King George's Medical University (KGMU) and Vice Dean, Innovation and Intellectual Property Cell, KGMU; Dr Tara Singh Bam, Deputy Regional Director (Asia Pacific), International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and secretariat of APCAT (Asia Pacific Cities' Alliance for Tobacco Control and NCDs Prevention); and Dr Anwar Hussain, Director, Institute of Palliative Medicine.
Healing is different from cure, conveys Pirates Of Chemotherapy
[Watch play's recording] When we first heard of a dramatic comedy theatre play on breast cancer, it was
difficult to comprehend as to how the three - comedy, theatre and the poignant theme of breast cancer - will go together. Glad we went for the preview show
of this play because it did justice to comedy, theatre and breast cancer
issue in a very compelling way. One of the most throbbing messages, that resonates within me, is: healing is different from cure. It is important to mention that this play was staged by outstanding artists, few of whom are breast cancer survivors (including one male actor) themselves.
We are together in the fight against cancer
Beryl Osindo, CNS Correspondent, Kenya
Non communicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, continue to claim lives in a way that is frightening, to say the least. We are dealing with a tragedy whose signs and symptoms are well known, precautions are shared, and possible causes are subjects of continued research. World Cancer Day 2019 came and passed. But it is important to carry on the discourse around this still dreaded disease.
Non communicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, continue to claim lives in a way that is frightening, to say the least. We are dealing with a tragedy whose signs and symptoms are well known, precautions are shared, and possible causes are subjects of continued research. World Cancer Day 2019 came and passed. But it is important to carry on the discourse around this still dreaded disease.
"India spending three times more money to treat tobacco-related diseases than revenue from tobacco": Prof Surya Kant
Manjari Peiris, Sri Lanka
[First published in Asian Tribune, on February 7, 2019]
Worldwide tobacco industry's so-called claim that they are revenue earners for governments and are good for the country's' economy is a totally baseless one.
[First published in Asian Tribune, on February 7, 2019] Worldwide tobacco industry's so-called claim that they are revenue earners for governments and are good for the country's' economy is a totally baseless one.
Business as usual will fail us on cancer control, SDGs
Is cancer control on track to deliver on SDGs?
This 2019 World Cancer Day Podcast features conversation with experts such as, Thuy Khuc-Bilon and Dr Yannick Romero from World Cancer Day campaign and UICC; Dr Nguyen Viet Nhung, Director, National Lung Hospital, Vietnam and head of Vietnam's National TB programme; Prof Surya Kant, Head of Respiratory Medicine Department, King George's Medical University (KGMU); Dr Pooja Ramakant, noted breast cancer expert and Professor, Department of Endocrine Surgery, King George's Medical University (KGMU); Ashok Ramsarup (Moderator), International award winning journalist and former Senior Producer, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Durban, South Africa; and Shobha Shukla (Moderator), Managing Editor, CNS (Citizen News Service).
[#WorldCancerDay Webinar] Are we on track to reduce cancer disease burden and prevent untimely deaths?
Reining the galloping march of cancer
Francis Okoye, CNS Correspondent, Nigeria
A webinar organized by Citizen News Service, (CNS) to mark the World Cancer Day 2018, presented an online discourse on how to accelerate progress towards reducing global cancer burden. As we all know, governments across the world have committed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and reducing premature mortality due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one-third by 2030, is among these targets.
Winning the fight against cancer
[Call to register for World Cancer Day Webinar] How can we accelerate progress towards reducing global cancer burden?
Renewing the fight against cancer
Josephine Chinele, CNS Correspondent, Malawi
For many February is a month of love, as Valentine’s Day is celebrated. But 27 year old Elisa, based in Lilongwe, remembers this month because of her father who died of cancer. “Of course, World Cancer Day is commemorated on 4th of February every year. But I feel that the disease should be remembered all the time and efforts to control it intensified and renewed every year,” she says.
For many February is a month of love, as Valentine’s Day is celebrated. But 27 year old Elisa, based in Lilongwe, remembers this month because of her father who died of cancer. “Of course, World Cancer Day is commemorated on 4th of February every year. But I feel that the disease should be remembered all the time and efforts to control it intensified and renewed every year,” she says.
Smoking?? Think many times!
Clarity Sibanda, CNS Correspondent, Zimbabwe
The International Cancer Day 2017 (4th February) comes at a time when the death rate due to the disease is increasing, notwithstanding the research going on to diagnose and cure more people. Several progressive governments are calling for nicotine tar lovers to quit smoking, which accounts for more than 20% of all cancer deaths worldwide.
WHO’s new guide for cancer focuses on early detection and treatment
Aarti Dhar, CNS Correspondent, India
(First published in theIndiasaga.com)
Latest cancer data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) says that 8.8 million people died from cancer in 2015, with about 70% of deaths occurring in low and middle-income countries. One thing common in these deaths is that the disease was diagnosed too late, making the chances of survival slim. Even in countries with optimal health systems and services, many cancer cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage, when they are harder to treat successfully.
(First published in theIndiasaga.com)
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