The pioneering national center for cancer research celebrates the “World Cancer Day ” in coordination with the ministry of health and World Health Organization

  In the occasion of the 50th anniversary of “World Cancer Day”, on the 4th of February of every year the pioneering national center for cancer research at university of Baghdad in cooperation with research and development department in coordination with World Health Organization, the medical city department and center for genetic research on cancer in Switzerland held a specialized scientific symposium under the slogan (we can .. I can) at the conference hall at the center on Thursday, 4th February 2016. About 140 members participated in this symposium, representing distinguished deans and professors at the faculties of medicine, medical group and consultants working in the field of cancer from the ministries of higher education and health at the provincial level, headed by deputy minister of higher education for scientific research affairs, Mr. advisor of minister of health, director of World Health Organization in Iraq, scientific assistant of Baghdad university president, Director General of the department of the city of medicine, Director General of the department of public health at the ministry of health, deans of Al-Kindy college of medicine, college of dentistry at Iraqi University, college of nursing at Baghdad university, college of nursing at Babylon and the Technical Institute. The symposium was chaired by prof. Dr. Nada Abdul Saheb al-Alwan, director of the pioneering national center for cancer research and the executive director of the national campaign for early detection of cancer and started with opening words and welcome where Deputy Chief of the ministry of higher education and scientific research, prof. Fouad Qassim gave his acknowledgements for the efforts exerted by the center towards the implementation of a plan aimed at achieving the advancement of cancer control, outputs and medical research that would contribute effectively in supporting the development of scientific pillars within the ministry in particular and Iraq in general. Dr. Osamah Fadel, scientific assistant to the presidency of the university and Dr. Abdul Amir Mukhtar, counselor of the ministry of health, Dr. Hassan al-Tamimi, Director General of the department of medicine city welcomed this event and shed light on the support made by the responsible authorities at these ministries for the promotion of scientific performance and services to take care of cancer patients. The director of World Health Organization, Dr. Altaf Musani, focused in his speech on the goals of the organization aimed at cooperation with concerned ministries to raise awareness of cancer and how to fight it by providing the torrent early detection and protection so that to ensure adequate treatment, noting the important role of civil society organizations and the Iraqi individual in this area. D. Nada al-Alwan delivered the main lecture entitled “building a national strategy to combat cancer in Iraq in accordance with the methodology of World Health Organization in which she reviewed the burden of cancer and deaths in the world in general and in the Middle East and Iraq in particular, international methods of control, prevention and early detection, treatment and palliative care, promoting relevant studies and research, also she addressed the database system developed for breast cancer control in Iraq and that was mainly to establish “a regional project for research on cancer in the Middle East” in which 8 Arab countries participated in headed by the National Center for cancer at the Iraqi ministry of higher education and under direct supervision of the World Health Organization and international agency for research on cancer in France that included influential of cancer women survivors where they expressed their suffering when undergoing therapy strongly with the faith of Allah. During the symposium, videos were presented, especially in the World Cancer Day, also leaflets and brochures were distributed. The symposium opened the doors of research cooperation with the genetic center for cancer research in Switzerland with the representative of Omega office, Dr. Haidar Mustafa where he spoke about the services related to diagnosis and treatment provided by the center and during the second half of the symposium, an online communication with specialists of the center in Switzerland took place to discuss ways to promote scientific exchange and research. Prof. Dr. Nada al-Alwan concluded the symposium with an appeal, in solidarity with the World Health Organization, to all the ministries concerned to provide necessary health services for patients with cancer, a second appeal to civil society organizations and the media to perform their effective to enhance public awareness about this disease and ways to combat it, a third appeal to the Iraqi society and the individual to act on the commitment to prevention of disease by quitting the harmful habits such as smoking, interest in physical activity and through eating healthy food. Important recommendations were reached at, notably close cooperation between the ministries of higher education and health, World Health Organization to unify efforts to fight this disease. Moreover the director of the World Health Organization in Iraq promised to allocate part of the budget for the rehabilitation of the specialist staffs at these ministries and cooperation with the center and the specialized bodies at the ministry of health to produce tutorial movie designed to educate the community on methods of prevention and early detection of cancer to be displayed periodically on Iraqi satellite channels.


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