KUWAIT: Chairman of the Board of the Cancer Aware Nation Campaign, Dr. Khalid Al-Saleh, said awareness contributes to nearly one-third of recoveries from cancer diseases and that early detection helps in increasing recoveries by 30 percent. Al-Saleh spoke at the festival that was held in Mubarakiya on Saturday as part of “Your health is your capital” campaign activities to promote awareness about breast cancer.

He said he will continue to work so as to achieve the best results in the fields of awareness and early detection, in addition to exchanging expertise to achieve integration of action and reach all sections of society with the support of government and private entities in addition to NGOs. He spoke about CAN’s cooperation with societies at the level of the Gulf countries, who have vast experience in this field and are members of the Gulf Federation for Cancer Control. He said volunteer work is affected by the new developments in Gaza and the people’s suffering due to those events.