The Naef Basile Institute, its Cancer Prevention Program and the Cancer Support Fund marked World Cancer Day with an awareness event under the international theme of “I Am and I Will”. The event aimed to make the community recognize and advocate the role of imagination and creativity in developing and maintaining health for all patients, especially cancer patients. It also pledged the strong commitment of both NKBCI and CSF to continually assist and support cancer patients.
The event took place at the Halim and Aida Daniel Academic and Clinical Center (Daniel ACC) lobby. Attendees included cancer patients and their families, local and international physicians, health professionals from different backgrounds including medicine, nursing, public health, and members of prominent NGOs from TIES, AMALOUNA, Cancer Support Fund, Balsam, Palliative and Supportive Care Program, Lebanese Breast Cancer Foundation, Revive Association, and Children Cancer Center of Lebanon.
The event was organized with Durham University (DU), the Lebanese American University (LAU), and Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music (LNHCM), several Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in this field who adopted the “I Am and I Will” campaign of the International Union for Cancer Control (UICC) on the 4th of February, 2020. It held an overview of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program (CPCP) and the achievements they have accomplished in the past two years, and a series of trivia questions to the public that helped in increasing the community knowledge in relation to cancer occurrences. The trivia questions were followed by Video Installation in the Daniel ACC lobby, created and directed by Dr. Lina Abiad and Ms. Dima Al Ansari. A Musical Show performed by the President of the National Conservatory, Mr. Bassam Saba and the Tenor Ms. Ghada Ghanem followed.
Cancer stories video installation, a piano performance and a cancer exhibit with varied educational materials on prevention were organized.
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