It has been seen that most of the cancer patients in Nepal visit the hospital only when complexities increase and the disease enters into its final stage. According to the Department of Health of Nepal, about 80% of cancer patients consult a doctor for treatment when the disease is in an advanced stage. Getting regular health checkups and consulting the physician early on, is not usual for the Nepalese. This ensuing delay in diagnosis and treatment results in high treatment costs and low chances of recovery.
[Watch webinar recording] [Listen or download audio podcast] Be welcome to register for this exclusive webinar in lead up to World TB Day 2017 where experts will share experiences on the role of faith in the fight against TB, and explore opportunities of how faith can help to expedite efforts to #endTB by 2030.
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.
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| Shobha Shukla, CNS (L), Dr Chitra Chandrashekar (R) |
Taking place under the slogan ‘We can. I can’, World Cancer Day 2017 explores how we can all work together—collectively and as individuals— to reduce the global burden of cancer. Just as cancer affects everyone in different ways, all people have the power to take action to reduce the devastating impact that cancer has on individuals, families, communities and the country as a whole.
Michelle Wadzanayi Maiseni is currently awaiting her O-Level test results, and I bet she will do well. 5 years ago she had obtained 5 units in Grade 7, and that too after having spent the whole year in hospital. This interview with Michelle bears testimony to her battle against cancer, in which she emerged victorious and became the driver of her destiny by sheer will power.
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| Dr Navneet Singh, PGIMER (L), Shobha Shukla, CNS (C) and Dr Marzi Mehta, surgical oncologist (R) |
The tobacco industry and its products, which have a deadly impact on people’s lives, cost the world’s economies more than US$ 1 trillion annually in healthcare expenditures and lost productivity, according to findings published in ‘The Economies of Tobacco and Tobacco Control.’ Around 6 million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most of them living in developing countries. Policies to control tobacco use, including tobacco tax and price
increases, can generate significant government revenues for health and
development work, according to this new landmark global report from WHO and the National Cancer Institute of the United States of America.
[Click here to see webinar recording] [Listen or Download audio podcast] In lead up to 2017 World Cancer Day this webinar aims to review if we are on track in reducing cancer deaths by one-third by 2030 (as well as other commitments made in SDGs in this regard).
Looking
back at interviews with global health experts featured in over 400 articles published by CNS Correspondents in Asian and
African countries in 2016, we are compelled to say that each voice that was documented was invaluable and a 'must-heard' voice for discourses on sustainable development. We cannot
overemphasize the importance of each of these spotlight interviews and
critical issues they highlighted.
Looking
back at over 150 video-articles produced by CNS Correspondents in Asian and
African countries in 2016, we are compelled to say that each video-article, and the issue it focussed on, is so very important, even
today! We cannot
overemphasize the importance of each of these spotlight video-articles and
critical issues they highlighted.