Mr. Piyush Gupta Principal Executive Officer of Cancer Aid Society and Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi of Tata Memorial Hospital participated at the UN Meeting on  the Badge of Cancer Aid Society.

The World Body along with the Global Governments sat for the first time with the Civil Society Representatives coming from 270 Organisations across the Globe.

Union Health Minister of India Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad also addressed  the meeting.

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One Day Workshop on 12/09/11

“Cancer Pain Management vis-à-vis Oral Morphine”

Organised by Cancer Aid Society & Dept. of Anesthesiology, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal

Program Anchor Dr. Ruchi Tandon

Saraswati Vandana - Dr. Ruchi Tandon & Team

Lighting of Lamp - Chief Guest- Dr. KV Pandya, Director JLN Cancer Hospital

Welcome Address – Dr. Aditya Agarwal, HOD Anesthesia, Gandhi Medical College

Presidential Address – Dr Nirbhay Srivastava, Dean Gandhi Medical College

WHO’s Perspective covered by – Mr. Piyush Gupta, PEO Cancer Aid Society

Taking the Baton for Palliative Care – Dr. Urmila Keshari

Chief Faculty

• Dr. VK Rastogi, HOD Pain& Palliative Care, BHU Varanasi
• Dr. Roona Shad, Faculty, Dept. of Anesthesia GMC Bhopal

Felicitations& Vote of thanks – Mr. O.P. Berry, Director General, Cancer Aid Society

Facilitators

• Mr Rajesh Yadav
• Ms Safina Qidwai
• Mr Mohd. Ajmal

Main Session – Dr. VK Rastogi,

Management of Cancer pain

Clinical and Pshycological assessment of Cancer Pain

Pain management in Palliative Care- Case discussion

(Cancer Pain Management vis-à-vis Oral Morphine and Adjuvants)

Management of Bone Pain / Break through pain/ Incidental pain

NSAIDs – Dr. Roona Shad

Joint Panel Discussion, Press Conference and Award of Certificates

Panel1: Cancer Pain Management vis-à-vis Oral Morphine

Panel 2:Addressing Palliative Care through Improved Cancer Pain Policy

Lunch at Dept. of Anesthesia Seminar Hall

Media Talks

Award In Cancer Palliative Care

Applications Invited from the WHO-SEAR* Countries

Since 1987, the Cancer Aid Society (CAIDS), a Non-Governmental Organisation, headquartered in Lucknow, India, has been working on cancer prevention, control and advocacy. Of late the CAIDS is actively promoting Palliative Care and use of Oral Morphine for Cancer Pain Management. In furtherance of these objectives the Society has constructed a Day Care Centre at Lucknow for the benefit of cancer patients.

Further, to encourage Palliative Care Professionals, the CAIDS has launched an Annual Award to a deserving Organisation or Individual/ Medico/ Scientist/ Nursing Staff/ Social Worker who has made significant contributions in the field of Palliative Care defined by the WHO as, “ An approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual”.

The award carries a cash prize of INR 100,000/- and a scroll of honour.

The award will be disbursed annually, commencing 2012, during the International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care.

Interested candidates may apply with their Profile specifically mentioning their contributions in the field of Palliative Care with supporting documentation and three referees.

The Award is open only to the Citizens of the WHO SEAR countries.

The Last Date for applications is open until 30th August 2011. The application should be addressed to The President, Cancer Aid Society, First Floor, Regency Avadh Complex, Chowk, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 226 003 email headoffice@canceraidsocietyindia.org

*WHO SEAR countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste

Writing in the visitors book of CAIDS Prof D.K. Gupta wrote:

“Our Society is working for Cancer Control on WHO guidelines without any Govt. Aid for last about 24 years taking into account the various aspects of Cancer Control like awareness, anti tobacco campaign etc. WHO also says school children can play effective role in cancer control. Therefore, we at Cancer Aid Society made our army of school children for cancer control, who should know every thing about health and hygiene and let others know about all this. Our methodology has successfully demonstrated, power of Public Private Participation (PPP) in Health Awareness and Education leading to notable success and are leaping forward each year in the crusade of Cancer Control. Cancer Aid Society has the credit of being the only ISO 9001:2008 Accredited Social Organisation working at National Level engaged in Mass Awareness Campaigns on Health Education and Cancer Awareness Programs in schools and colleges across the country educating the children, teachers and the Masses on Healthy living habits, Personal and Genital Hygiene. Good dietary habits, regular exercise, abuses of tobacco including active and passive smoking and early symptoms of Cancer.

• Set up Cancer Awareness stalls on behalf of the Govt. in the health Mela’s organized by the Govt. at various places.
• Printing and distribution of Cancer awareness and tobacco control related material amongst the masses throughout the country.
• Special camps focusing on breast and cervix cancers which account for 2/3rd of all cancers in females.
• Special camps focusing on oral cancer which accounts for 40% of all cancers in Males.
• Besides that Cancer Aid Society has also giving monthly financial assistance towards Palliative Care given to over 2000 patients.
• Cancer Aid Society has organized workshops at SGPGIMS Lucknow, CSMMU Lucknow, GSVM medical College Kanpur, SN Medical College Agra, LLRM Meerut, RLB Medical College Jhansi, BRD Medical College Gorakhpur, Cancer Institute Adyar Chennai under its integrated plan to address the issue of Palliative Care through Cancer Pain Management vis a vis oral morphine, starting from the state of Uttar Pradesh the most populous State, more workshops are to be organized for training of the Doctors in the Govt. Medical Colleges followed by liaison for the availability of Oral Morphine in neighboring states.
• Several activities related with issues on Cancer, Health and Tobacco are organized each year such as training, conferences, symposia, rallies, awareness cum detection camps and other activities on the various occasions including “World Cancer Day” on February 4th , “World No Tobacco Day” on 31st May and “Cancer Awareness Day” on 7th November each year.
• Regular sponsor of prizes and certificates for the annual cultural activities at Armed Forces Medical College Pune in 2008, 2009, 2010.
• We had organized several rallies and campaigns demanding ban of smoking and sale of tobacco products near educational institutions much before 2004 which were one of the contributory factors towards the promulgation of COTPA 2004 by Govt. of India. We had organized a series of Workshops at State Govt. Medical Colleges of UP 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. Dramatic results were obtained by changing mindsets of the Govt. Officials and the Medical Fraternity leading to the award of organizing the International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care in 2011 at Lucknow. We organized International Conference of Palliative Care on Feb 2011 at SGPGIMS where delegates from National and International level participated.

Our Society shall be continuing these activities in future also for the benefit of mankind”.

The Vice Chancellor, CSMMU, Prof D. K. Gupta declared on 31st May, 2011, the “CSMMU as a smoke free and tobacco free university” on the occasion a symposium on ” WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control” jointly organised in collaboration with Cancer Aid Society, Lucknow. Cancer Aid society is active in the area on cancer awareness promotion, cancer advocacy and palliative care for over two decades. Prof Gupta while delivering his remarks as Chief Guest of the programme held in collaboration with Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences (both from CSMMU) and Cancer Aid Society expressed great satisfaction about the work of Cancer Aid Society on promotion of harmful effects of tobacco in the society. He said Cancer Aid Society should have more like-minded people for the useful work by the Society. The declaration to make CSMMU smoke and tobacco free will make the campus healthy for the staff and patients. Prof Gupta also formally released the CAIDS’ inaugural issue of the newsletter ‘Stop-News’ focussing on theme of FCTC.

Prof. D. K. Gupta (third from left) after clicking the release of quarterly E-newsletter, Stop-Cancer. Seen from left to right: Mr. O. P. Berry, Director General (CAIDS), Dr. D.P.Gupta, President (CAIDS). Dr Zaka Imam, Director, Corporate & International Affairs, & Editor, Stop-Cancer, (second from right) showing contents to Prof. D. K. Gupta. Ms.Safina Kidwai from CAIDS administration is seen on extreme right.

Earlier detailing the genesis of the Symposium, the organising secretary Dr Zaka Imam, Director, Corporate & International Affairs, Cancer Aid Society, said that the symposium on the theme of ‘WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control” assumed importance because it was an event observed world over, it concerned a social menace of tobacco use, and because tobacco leads to widespread health risks including cancer. Tobacco is the single largest cause of preventable deaths and illness worldwide, said Dr Imam. Nearly 8 lakh Indians die from tobacco use every year. This is more than those killed from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, combined. More than 2200 Indians die every day from tobacco use. About 55 lakh people die worldwide every year from tobacco consumption, and tobacco users feel ten years older and die ten year younger than people who do not use tobacco

Detailing the background of FCTC, Dr Imam said that India had played a leading role in development of FCTC and is among the earliest to ratify this treaty. Due to global success in developing the adequate machinery for control of tobacco use under FCTC, the WHO has designated the FCTC as the theme of “World No Tobacco Day-2011″. This symposium is therefore being observed on this theme. India is implementing FCTC by bringing in a powerful Cigarette & Other Tobacco Products Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act-2003, in brief called COTPA. Government of India launched National Tobacco Control Programme in 2007-08 with a multipronged approach for effective tobacco control in the community. The programme is helping build state and district programme strategies and effectively implement anti-tobacco legislation, COTPA, in the country.

The Cancer Aid Society President, Dr. D. P. Gupta gave in brief an account of work carried out by the Society over the last twenty four years in the area on cancer awareness, prevention, and control and cancer advocacy. Dr. Gupta said that the Society was working on Cancer Control by following WHO guidelines without any government financial support. The Society’s strategy was based on awareness and tobacco control campaign among children in pursuance of WHO views that school children can play effective role in cancer control. Over years Cancer Aid Society has made an army of school children for cancer control, who have been made aware of health and hygiene, and have acted as messengers to others. The CAIDs Public Private Participation (PPP) in Health Awareness and Education has led to notable success in the crusade of Cancer Control.

Prof K. K. Wadhwani, Dean Faculty of Dental Sciences, in her talk on the occasion said that glamourous advertisements and celebrities shown smoking or using tobacco products lead to people consume tobacco. Oral cancers are one of the most common cancers, she said. “People who are involved in the tobacco trade get cancer of tip of tongue because they taste the quality and contents of tobacco in the tobacco leaf supplied to them”, she said, ” People smoke, eat pan masala or chew tobacco and lime (surti) without even knowing or realizing the consequences.” Educated people even make lame excuses like greater concentration after tobacco use, she said. A free oral cancer detection camp was also organised at the OPD of Faculty of Dental Sciences, CSMMU.

Prof. K. K. Wadhwani, Dean, Faculty of Dental Sciences, CSMMU (on right) one of the collaborators of the Symposium, while Prof D.K.Gupta, V.C, CSMMU declares the medical university tobacco free before the media.

Other speakers who spoke on the occasion were Prof Jaycee Bora, Head, Anaesthesiology, CSMMU and Prof. A.K Tripathi, Department of Medicine Departments, CSMMU, and Prof Madhu Mati Goel, Dr Ajay Chaudhry, CSMMU and Dr Sudhir Siha, Scientist, CDRI, Lucknow. Dr A.K.tripathi said that in smoker’s drug metabolism is changed. As a result drugs will not have the same effect as in normal smokers. The smoking history is important to know in order to prescribe suitable drugs. Some type of drugs can even be harmful to smokers. The effects of aminophylline are enhanced while effects of diazepam, heparin, and insulin are subdued in smokers.

A competition of oral presentations on the theme “Tobacco Abuse & Control” was held among medical students. Four students were given cash awards for oral presentations, by Cancer Aid Society. Shi O.P. Berry, Director General, Cancer Aid Society presented vote of thanks. He thanked the Vice Chancellor and the cooperation of Prof Jaishree Bogra and Prof K. K. Wadhwani in organising the Symposium in collaboration with the Cancer Aid Society, and all participants for their valuable time and support.