Motive
- In most people’s minds there is no scarier diagnosis than that of cancer. Cancer is often thought of as an untreatable, unbearably painful disease with no cure. Presently 80% cancer patients reach the doctors in the incurable stages where we lose precious human lives as well as resources leading to financial breakdown of families
- Keeping up with the ages old adage “Prevention is better than cure” we organize public awareness campaigns on the harmful effects of Tobacco including Passive Smoking, Alcohol, Drugs, Obesity, Carcinogens, Pollution of Air, Water & Land along with the benefits of Healthy Lifestyle such as Balanced Diet rich in antioxidants & roughage, Physical Activity/ Exercise, Clean drinking Water, Genital and Personal Hygiene along with early symptoms of Cancer etc.
- Since last three decades Cancer Aid Society is engaged in fight against Cancer and other Non-Communicable Diseases which are killing 70% people globally.
- Cancer Aid Society has taken the lead and has 31 years of experience and in house research in designing community awareness techniques and literature in 12 different Indian Languages viz. English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Assamese and illustrative Pictorial for illiterates which are circulated within the community through one-to-one contact
- Since inception of Cancer Aid Society in 1987 at Lucknow, it followed the strategy of self reliance on Cancer & NCD Control by organizing awareness campaigns free of cost within the Community and mobilizing voluntary donations for the cause.
- We declared 8th December as NCD Awareness Day to integrate all the Non Communicable Diseases and Instituted International Awards on Palliative Care, Tobacco Control & Cancer and NCD Control.
Accomplishments
- In September 2011, we participated in the High Level Meeting for the Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases at United Nations New York where the Governments signed a Political Declaration. Thereafter we were awarded Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 2012.
- In 2016 & 2017 we participated in WHO Conferences at Mauritius and Uruguay under Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs apart from several National & International Conferences.
- Our Principal Executive Officer Dr. Piyush Gupta is recipient of Jewel of India award and our Director Ms. Neha Tripathi has received the title of “World Young Cancer Leader” by Union for International Cancer Control and has been Chair Abstract Committee of World Cancer Congress 2018 at Malaysia Organised by Union for International Cancer Control.
- We were adjudged “Best Cancer Awareness NGO/ Program” out of 165 Cancer Societies and Cancer NGOs at Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai and received “Best NGO in Health Care” Award.
