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Bringing quality

cancer care closer

to home

Overview

With over 1.4 million new reported cases every year, care in the country, the Trusts are working on a
image India has an increasing burden of cancer. Most of novel ‘Distributed Cancer Care Model’. Based on
four pillars, the model will ensure affordable,
these cases are reported in later stages of the
disease, leading to a high mortality rate of about high-quality care, along with emphasis on
50%. In 2020-21, the numbers are expected to awareness, screening, early detection and palliative
increase by over 1.73 million. care.
This problem of high incidence and delayed To meet these goals, the Trusts set up Alamelu
detection is aggravated by: Charitable Foundation (ACF) in 2017, a Section 8,
Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), which provides
 Poor infrastructure and low availability of skilled
medical expertise to treat the disease. affordable, high-quality cancer care to millions of
Indians, closer to their homes.
 Existing cancer care facilities being concentrated
in metros and tier-1 cities, resulting in patients Through MoUs with several state governments and
having to travel long distances to seek treatment other like-minded institutions across Assam, Andhra
and care. This leads to high out-of-pocket expenses Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka and
and, consequently, high dropout rates along the other geographies, the Cancer Care Initiative is
treatment pathway. developing infrastructure, undertaking capacity-
building of human resources and has a robust
 Increasing adoption and spread of unhealthy Public Health Programme to generate cancer
lifestyle habits. awareness, while encouraging early screening and
 Lack of awareness related to the benefits of detection, thereby ensuring timely diagnosis
early detection. and treatment.
With a vision to strengthen and transform cancer

Mobile Medical Unit at SVICCAR, Tirupati

Coverage: (Up to March 2021)
State Districts Villages Community Awareness Sessions People screened Frontline Healthcare
Awareness Sessions at Schools (Women) Workers Trained
Assam 8 1,545 1,144 167 70,887 (28,000) 3,125
Jharkhand 1 35 78 147 3,949 (2,484) 23
Maharashtra 1 24 140 35 6,067 (3,664) 476
Andhra Pradesh 1 122 223 22 5,542 (3,825) 292
Odisha 2 164 9,732 65 5,864 164

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