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PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES company, in areas such as Community Outreach, Health &
Wellness Kiosks, Patient Helpdesks, and a Patient Referral and
In a concerted e ort to prioritise early detection of Tracking Platform.
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) within large populations,
the Tata Cancer Care Foundation (TCCF) has forged partnerships This involves training and guiding healthcare professionals and
with State Governments in Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, front-line workers in Sub Centres (SCs) and Health and Wellness
Maharashtra, Odisha, and Assam. This collaborative endeavour Centres (HWC) to conduct screenings and raise awareness.
aims to provide technical support for NCD screening initiatives,
with a particular emphasis on reversing the early-to-late Cancer awareness sessions and screenings for oral, breast, and
detection cancer ratio from 70:30 to 30:70. Adopting a cervical cancers are conducted as part of the initiative. The
multi-pronged approach, TCCF focuses on raising awareness, implementation of the Tobacco Free Educational Institutes
implementing cancer screening programmes, and discouraging (ToFEI) programme by the National Tobacco Control Programme
tobacco and alcohol consumption—a significant risk factor for (NTCP) is another crucial aspect, of addressing tobacco control
many cancers. in various educational institutions. The comprehensive approach
underscores TCCF's commitment to fostering public health and
TCCF has collaborated with Pfizer, a leading biopharmaceutical preventing and controlling common cancers.
