Taking cancer prevention knowledge to the people
If you happen to be in Valletta today, you are most likely to be met by a life-size cigarette that will come to warn you about the dangers of smoking. The initiative is one of a series being taken by the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention...
If you happen to be in Valletta today, you are most likely to be met by a life-size cigarette that will come to warn you about the dangers of smoking.
The initiative is one of a series being taken by the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department in a bid to empower people with knowledge and information to help reduce cancer.
Health Minister Joe Cassar pointed out that the government yesterday launched 90 initiatives to be taken over a five-year period to reduce cancer rate.
People were now being directly approached to encourage them to take the matter into their own hands and do something about it.
Fifty per cent of sufferers, he said, could avoid cancer with a change in lifestyle.
He pointed out that Malta was in the 42nd place worldwide in cancer incidence.
Department director Charmaine Gauci emphasised the dangers the smoking and the importance of eating the right foods, exercise and early detection of cancer.