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Awareness and Education

Awareness

Awareness is the absolute power to defeat cancer. The number of cancer cases is increasing worldwide. Therefore, it is crucial to step up cancer literacy among people. We believe this will lead to early diagnosis/ detection, which is important in managing and treating cancer, and, more importantly, PREVENTION by making necessary lifestyle changes.
Adequate training at the grassroots can ensure that diagnosed patients reach specialized treatment centers in time to receive adequate treatment and access essential medicine and care. More than 2000 individuals have participated in awareness and education sessions.

Cancer Prevention

With an estimated number of Diagnosed cancer cases worldwide, cancer is now the second leading cause of death worldwide. The global burden of cancer is projected to grow, with incidence and mortality rates set to rise by 40% by 2040. Based on the report by WHO, between 30%-50% and half of cancer cases are preventable, making cancer prevention measures a cost-effective means to reduce cancer incidence and mortality.

Prevention can be done in two phases:

  • Primary Cancer Prevention
measures include interventions that block the initiation of cancer by altering exposure to risk factors, such as tobacco smoke, alcohol, radiation, overweight and obesity, and other factors that are modifiable by changes in behavior or policy.
  • Secondary cancer prevention
measures related to detecting cancer early and stopping it from worsening. It includes screening tests that can identify and treat cancer early in its development. While effective tests for population screening are in place for only a few cancers (breast, cervix, lung, and colorectal cancer), primary and secondary (early detection) strategies can reduce the cancer burden by one-third to a half and are therefore cost-effective and core components of a national cancer control strategy.

Disaggregated statistics of covered patients