Overview

An ISO 9001 Non Profit working in Association with United Nations Dept. of Global Communications having Special Consultative Status with United Nations ECOSOC. Participant of World Health Organisation's Global Coordination Mechanism on Non Communicable Diseases. Registered under: Societies Act, Income Tax Act & FCRA. With an Eagle’s Eyed Vision founders of Cancer Aid Society perceived the threats in 1987 and initiated fight against Tobacco, Cancer integrated with NCDs along with Palliative Care & Advocacy under Nationwide Cancer Control Program across India. We established Offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Lucknow. Keeping up with the ages old adage “Prevention is better than cure” we organize community awareness campaigns in thousands of educational institutions mobilising about a million Volunteers every year generating awareness among twenty million of people all over India by organizing public awareness campaigns on the harmful effects of Tobacco including Passive Smoking, Alcohol, Drugs, Obesity, Carcinogens, Pollution of Air, Water & Land along with the benefits of Healthy Lifestyle such as Balanced Diet rich in antioxidants & roughage, Physical Activity/ Exercise, Clean drinking Water, Genital and Personal Hygiene along with early symptoms of Cancer etc. We were adjudged "Best Cancer Awareness NGO/ Program" out of 165 Cancer NGOs at Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai and received “Best NGO in Health Care” Award. We declared 8th December as NCD Awareness Day to integrate all the Non Communicable Diseases and Instituted International Awards on Palliative Care, Tobacco Control & Cancer and NCD Control. In 2011, 2014 we participated in the Meeting on Non Communicable Diseases at United Nations and since 2015 GCM/NCD Meetings of World Health Organisation Globally.