Association commemorates World Cancer Day

KUWAIT: As part of its continuous cancer awareness and health advocacy initiatives in Kuwait, Fadia Survive and Thrive Cancer Association proudly organized ‘Together we are Unstoppable in fighting Cancer: I Am and I Can’ awareness event and workshop dedicated to the World Cancer Day on February 4, 2019. World Cancer Day is an initiative of the Union for International Cancer Control, the largest and oldest international cancer organization committed to taking the lead in uniting the cancer community to reduce the global cancer burden. The event aimed at raising awareness, while encouraging participants from cancer patients and the public to express themselves in terms of this year’s campaign ‘I am and I can’ and make a personal commitment to accelerate actions against cancer.

The event was held at The Hub Gallery, the artistic space that pays homage to old Kuwaiti traditions, and was attended by many participants and guests of honor from over 13 nations. The event kicked off by a short speech given by the President of Fadia Survive and Thrive Cancer Association, Dr Rania Azmi, who started by thanking everyone for joining today, especially the diplomatic guests of honor, the Association’s founding members Fadia Abdel Salam Ibrahim and Dr Eman Azmi, the distinguished guest speakers: Dr Fahad Abdul Rahman Marafi, Director of Jaber Al-Ahmad Center for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and President of Kuwait Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, who shared the scientific potential in countering cancer in 2019 and beyond, Emilia Barr, registered psychotherapist, who gave a warm message to cancer patients, appreciating them while emphasizing the Body-Mind Integration perspective, other diplomats were also in attendance, community guests, cancer patients and their loved ones, besides representatives from local newspapers and magazines.