Qatar Cancer Society booth at World Cancer Congress 2022 held in Geneva, Switzerland.
Doha: Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) participated in the World Cancer Congress 2022, a hybrid event held at International Conference Centre Geneva in Switzerland,.
The QCS delegation was headed by Sheikh Dr. Khalid bin Jabor Al Thani, Chairman of QCS; Prof. Muhanned Harrah, Manager of Programs, and Dr. Hadi Mohamad Abu Rasheed, Scientific Advisor and Head of the Cancer Awareness and Professional Development Department.
QCS was the only Cancer Civil Society from the GCC and MENA region that participated in the congress exhibition with great attention from the visitors of this global exhibition. The charity shared its efforts in cancer awareness, and the booth focused on Qatar’s success in hosting the World Cup.
QCS presented a research, “Breast Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices amongst Women in Qatar,” which was conducted by Qatar University, Primary Health Corporation, and Qatar Cancer Society. Also QCS took part in developing the UICC resource “Antimicrobial resistance Control Supplement - The challenge for the cancer community,” which was released as a recommendation of Congress.
QCS participated in two sessions. The first one was on “Stories Of People Living With Cancer As An Innovative Methodology For Medical Education,” which was co-organised with Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts (Qatar). The second session was “Because Cancer Don’t Wait, Childhood Cancer Awareness, Despite Pandemic, Is A Must,” co-organised with Children’s Cancer Centre of Lebanon and Childhood Cancer International.
The Congress was attended in person in the conference centre by 2,000 scientists, medical specialists, NGO and civil society representatives, government officials, Ministers of Health, and high-level United Nations representatives, and even more than that attended online from 120 countries. The Congress included over 200 sessions.
