Cancer Prevention and Control Through Advocacy on Tobacco Control, Cancer Control by Focusing on Primary and Secondary Prevention on Cancer

Abstract

Background and context: Cancer Aid Society an ISO 9001 national level social organization working since 1987 for control and prevention of cancer. I am connected with this society from nine years and helping society to reaching his goal to improve the qualities of life of peoples. We are addressing on healthy lifestyle, tobacco abuse, active and passive smoking etc. Our society is working at community level by generating awareness among masses, crowd for the prevention of cancer. As we know cancer is the second biggest killer disease after heart attack and death due to cancer are almost five times more than AIDS. Aim: “Your health is our concern” is our mission and “Quality in cancer control” is our vision. So we are going to community level school, colleges, malls, offices aware peoples for the prevention of cancer. We are also working for palliative care for improving quality of life of cancer patients. Palliative care is care for uncared. We are also covering all the factors of palliative care but mostly focuses on spirituality. Strategy/Tactics: We have eight branches all our the country at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabd, Lucknow, Mumbai, Kolkata these all are the metro cities of India and in branch we have minimum three social workers who all are covering the near by states so it shows our national presence. Having offices and accommodation in these cities save cost of hotels for stay. So in this way we are covering the whole country. Program/Policy process: We allot the areas to each social worker which they have to covered in the given time. In the month mostly minimum each social worker is doing 10 workshops which is organizing free of cost without any charges from institutions. We visit the institution and taking permission from head for conducting cancer awareness workshop. Outcomes: Personally in my nine years of working I have explored more than 24 states of India in which each year I have address more than 1 lac peoples for cancer prevention. Until now I have covered more than 500 institutions in the country and conducted the workshops. And declared more than 800 institutions tobacco free zone under COTPA ACT made by government of India. What was learned: In my work the thing only I learned is serving humanity is a service to God. So I am working for prevention of cancer I feel lucky that Cancer Aid Society give me opportunity for serving society.