WORLD CANCER DAY - AWARENESS PROGRAM
World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008. The primary goal of the World Cancer Day is to significantly reduce illness and death caused by cancer by 2020. For the same World cancer day - awareness program was conducted on 4th February, 2016 in our institute. On 06-02-2018 Rotaract Club of Rohini conducted a one day Seminar by Mr. Senthil Kumar, Director, Sree Ram Cancer Trust, Nagercoil was held at Opulent Hall. The Event was coordinated by Dr. Senthil Vel Murugan, The Head, Rotaract Club of Rohini. Various students had participated in the seminar. The event started in presence of Dignitaries and Mr. David Bright, final year student of Mechanical department welcomed the gathering. The Principal gave the presidential address by stating that “All the efforts done by the WHO, United Nations, governmental and non-governmental health organizations towards making the strategy to fight against cancer as well as distributing the real message”. The Chief guest started his speech by the causes and treatments including its precautionary measures by uniting all the people on global basis. He also gave some new strategies as well as implement some new programs which help to make aware of more people about this disease. In his keynote address he also stated that the people suffering from the cancer were hated by the normal people in the society and behaved like an untouched person. There were various other social myths related to the cancer that normal people thought that they would got cancer if they would touch or live with the person having cancer. He made an Inspirational Speech to remove such type of the social myths related to cancer. Finally, he concluded with a tag line “We can. I can.". World Cancer Day 2018 will explore how everyone – as a collective or as individuals – can do their part to reduce the global burden of cancer. Ms. Santhiya, student of final EEE department delivered the thanking note.
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