Cancer Aware Nation organizes basketball match

KUWAIT: Cancer Aware Nation (CAN) organized a basketball match in cooperation with Kuwait’s Special Olympics committee under the slogan “sports is a way of life.” The match included both male and female athletes as the two teams had disabled and regular players.

Deputy Chairman of CAN Dr Khalid AlSaleh said it is important to follow a healthy

pattern that contributes to health and help in protection against diseases. He explained that researches at the American society for tumors attributed nearly 25% of cancer cases in women and 33% in men to factors related to their lifestyle, also a significant number of deaths due to cancer can be linked to those factors. Dr Al-Saleh said the campaign coincides with the important role CAN plays to spread awareness about the disease, out of its social responsibility to spread awareness amongst all groups of society, adding that organizing such activities leaves a good impression with both healthy and ill people.

Dr Al-Saleh also said that CAN is keen to participate in activities that reach out to the entire society, particularly those that care for the health awareness factor. He added that

awareness and educating society are the best means that fight the various types of illnesses including cancer which is a true threat to our health.

Meanwhile, Al-Sheikha Sheikha Al-Abdallah lauded the match’s idea as well as the activities that aim at supporting the health sector and called for more sports activities that strengthens the rule of CAN to increase awareness of the importance of early detection of diseases. The match was organized by Haido Academy, within its partnership with CAN and other entities including the Kuwait Ambition Club and its Deputy Chairman Huda Al-Khalidi, Kuwait Olympic Council represented by Deputy Chairwoman Hayat Mustafa, sports activities official CAN and CAN Manager Hanaa Jamal. The activity was hosted by Kazima Sports Club.