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Cancer Prevention and Control in India
Cancer Prevention and Control in India
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DISTRICT HOSPITAL
Health Promotion/Home Care/
Early Detection/Pain Relief/
Palliative Care/Treatment of common cancers
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Table 1 presents the strategy matrix as well as the agencies with the
area of work under major areas of prevention and control of cancer.
Role of International Agencies
The World Health Organization has promoted National Cancer Control
Programmes and India is one of the few countries that has actively
taken up this initiative. The major areas in which WHO contributes
are Tobacco Control, Palliative Care and Human Resource
Development. India could take up these programmes and demonstrate
to the World that Cancer Control is feasible and become a model for
Cancer Control Programmes in low resource settings. The International
Union Against Cancer (UICC) and other agencies are supporting
fellowships and India can utilize these opportunities to get the much
needed human resource for the country. The results achieved in India
should be widely propagated through the International Agencies, to
help other countries and to get support from various agencies.
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