Qatar marks World Cancer Day

Doha, The Gulf Observer: Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and its partners marked World Cancer Day, which falls on February 4 of each year, under the slogan “Bridge the care gap: Uniting our voices and taking action.”

The Ministry of Public Health, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), Qatar Cancer Society (QCS), Sidra Medicine and Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) are developing processes and services to facilitate prevention, early detection and diagnosis, treatment, and long-term transitions, to the general public who make a decision every day about utilizing these services.

“We can jointly bridge the care gap, but we can also all do something as individuals. For example, other than educating ourselves and people around us on signs and symptoms of cancer so they can seek care early, our actions can take countless forms: motivating others to go for screening services, mobilize our friends, family, coworkers, and communities because we know that together we can achieve almost anything. This is what Uniting our voices and taking action means,” the ministry said in a statement.

“The cancer care gap is not inevitable. Our systems can be reimagined, a persons situation can be improved, their knowledge about cancer can be increased and their access to services made easier,” it added.