#WorldCancerDay Webinar: Are we on track to control cancer?
Channel: CNS
Date: 02/02/2019

Are we on track to reduce cancer disease burden and prevent untimely deaths? Around World Cancer Day 2019, panel of experts reviewed if we are on track to reduce cancer disease burden and prevent premature deaths. 193 countries had committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among which is to reduce disease and death burden due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer by one-third by 2030 (and 25% by 2025).

PANEL OF EXPERTS:
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* THUY KHUC-BILON and Dr YANNICK ROMERO PhD, World Cancer Day campaign, UICC (International Union Against Cancer) www.worldcancerday.org, www.uicc.org 

* Dr NGUYEN VIET NHUNG, Director, National Lung Hospital, Vietnam; head of Vietnam's National TB programme; and honorary Associate Professor, University of Sydney, Australia

* Prof SURYA KANT, noted tobacco control advocate and author of lung cancer textbook; Head of Respiratory Medicine Department, KGMU; President Elect, National College of Chest Physicians (India); past President, Indian Chest Society; President of Indian College of Asthma, Allergy and Applied Immunology (ICAAAI)

* Dr POOJA RAMAKANT, noted breast cancer expert; Associate Professor, Department of Endocrine Surgery, King George's Medical University (KGMU); Associate Editor, Indian Journal of Surgery; and past member Editorial Board of Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES)

* ASHOK RAMSARUP (Moderator), International award winning journalist and former Senior Producer, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Durban, South Africa

* SHOBHA SHUKLA (Moderator), Managing Editor, CNS (Citizen News Service)

*DEDICATION* 
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2019 #WorldCancerDay Webinar is humbly dedicated to late Dr Veena Sharma, a researcher who worked in India's premier research institute (Central Drug Research Institute - CDRI), and carried out studies on some aspects of chemotherapy and chemoprophylaxis in experimental Leishmaniasis, that resulted in development of new screening technique and several compound were screened for therapeutic activities. She was also a senior noted educationist who served as a distinguished teacher as well as Principal and Vice-Principal of several schools and colleges, and spearheaded campaign against one of the major risk factors for cancers: tobacco. She bravely fought against cancer.

Dental Surgeon and Public Health expert Dr VISMAY SHARMA, daughter of Dr VEENA SHARMA, paid tributes.

Thanks

CNS eLearning Programme Team
Email: webinar@citizen-news.org
Website: www.citizen-news.org

More information, visit: www.bit.ly/worldCANCERday