Milestones

Our vision and action since 1987 has now been visualized by global leaders like International Union Against Cancer, World Health Organisation and United Nations Organisation.

Appreciation letters from International Organizations

• Cancer Aid Society received an appreciation letter from World Health Organisation in 2000
• Appreciation for presentation at World Conference on Tobacco or Health, U.S.A. in 2006
• Cancer Aid Society received appreciation from American Cancer Society USA in 2007
• Awarded best NGO in Health Care at SAMAAGAM – IIM Lucknow in 2011

Participation in National / International Events

• Represented the Country in the High Level meeting for the control of Non communicable Diseases at United Nations General Assembly Headquarters New York in September 2011.
• World Cancer Congress at Geneva in 2008.
• World Cancer Congress at Washington D.C. U.S.A. in 2006.
• World Conference on Tobacco or Health, U.S.A. in 2006.
• Several events of national repute viz. Health Mela 2001 inaugurated by The Then Honorable Prime Minister Sri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Organised by the Health Ministry – Govt. of India.

Membership of Govt., National or International Bodies

• District Cancer Control Committee, Govt. of Delhi
• “Delhi Smoke free Civil Society coalition”, Govt. of Delhi
• Indian Association of Palliative Care – India
• Action Council against Tobacco, Tata Memorial, Mumbai
• Global Cancer Control Community, UICC, Geneva, Switzerland
• GLOBALink, UICC, Geneva, Switzerland
• Framework Convention Alliance, Geneva, Switzerland
• NCD Alliance CIG Group, Geneva, Switzerland
• Cancer Service Group (ICISG), Toronto, Canada
• International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care, Houston, USA
• Registered in the database of Government of India, Planning Commission’s NGO Partnership System UID No. UP/2009/0009446Associate Member of International
• Registered in the database of DESA’s Civil Society database & CSO Net – the Civil Society Network of the UNITED NATIONS Headquarters, New York, USA

Credibility enquiry by Govt. or other agencies.

• Governmental enquiries conducted by District Magistrate / CMO / CDO etc. have issued a note of satisfaction in 2003
• Income Tax Scrutiny Reports for the assessment years 2003-04, 2006-07 and 2007-08 have certified the credibility of the Organization and its charitable functioning after scrutiny.

Significant dent in the existing problems related with Cancer:

• Tobacco Control: We had Organised several rallies and campaigns demanding ban of Smoking and Sale of Tobacco products near educational Institutions before 2004 which were one of the contributory factors towards the promulgation of COTPA 2004 by Govt. of India.
• Control of Cancer and NCDs: Improved Life Style and Dietary Habits of young India reflected in an independent survey report of National Sample Survey Organisation published in the Times of India dated May 1st 2007 Titled @ Highway to health: India eating better.
• We got stamp released on Cancer Awareness by Dept. of Post Govt. of India.
• Palliative Care: Cancer Aid Society organized 15 workshops on Palliative Care starting from the first ever workshop of Uttar Pradesh on Palliative Care and Oral Morphine at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in 2007.
• Due to success of the above American Cancer Society – USA awarded a project in 2007 for Organising a series of Workshops in the State Govt. Medical Colleges for Addressing Palliative Care and availability of Oral Morphine for the Cancer Pain Management in the State of UP which has 3% of Global population.
• The above workshops were a great success in changing mindsets of the Govt. Officials and the Medical Fraternity hence during the 16th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care at All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Delhi in 2009, we were awarded the 18th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care to be organized in 2011 at Lucknow and we started with its preparations in a grand way selecting the theme as “Networking in Palliative Care”.
• 18th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care 2011: Our two years of hard work of sensitization, advocacy and correspondence at National and International Level on Palliative Care with Governmental and other agencies yielded dramatic results which poises to effect the entire Country. The Conference organized at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow was a great success having 10% Foreign Delegates and the encouraging outcomes were as follows:
• We came out with a Draft of Palliative Care Declaration 2011 – the first ever of National and International Level.
• An annual AWARD of Rs. One Lac was announced for Leadership in Palliative Care in the SAARC Region by Cancer Aid Society.
• Introduction of palliative care in Medical Curriculum was a long pending demand of Palliative Care Community across India, on the eve of the Conference Medical Council of India introduced MD course in Palliative Care. Further the Chairman MCI in his message for the Conference suggested us “to come out with practicable strategies, which could be affected by the Council in coming times, so that optimal results are generated and used to train Graduates and Post Graduates in Palliative Care in a much better way”.
• The Topic of Debate held on 12th February 2011 during the Conference was Pro – “Euthanasia is humane care in face of suffering” Con – “Euthanasia is ethically unacceptable in a Civilized Society”. In March Honorable Supreme Court of India through its Judgment, Legalizes Passive Euthanasia – Times of India dated 8th March, 2011.