Partnering opportunities
- Partnering opportunities
There is a huge burden of cancer in our country. Over the next decade, India will face significant increase in the number of cancers diagnosed, due to an ageing population, increased screening, and better public health education. Despite some improvements in access and better treatments, cancer survival outcomes still lag behind in much of the developed world.
The impact of the disease is way more in the North East Region (NER) because of high incidence of the disease. Assam which is home to 70% of the population in the NER, reported an incidence of 31,825 cancer cases in 2016. The actual number of cancer cases, given the incidence rates reported by Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), will be actually close to 60,000 patients annually.
Delivering improved comprehensive cancer care is a high priority for the Government of Assam and Tata Trusts.
ACCF, an initiative of the Government of Assam and Tata Trusts is working to offer affordable, accessible and uniform high quality cancer care, through a unified technology platform to the patients in Assam and the North East states.
This is a magnanimous task and requires participation at all levels.
We invite partners who are keen on making a positive difference in the lives of cancer patients to collaborate with us and join our vision.
To partner with us, please contact us at info@accf.in
Key features
- A tiered service delivery model to ensure availability of cancer care at every level as a part of which 10 state-of-the-art hospitals are being constructed
- Onco Care centres are being set-up in conjunction with medical colleges to provide day care chemotherapy and radiation therapy
- Subsidized, comfortable and clean accommodation facilities for cancer patients and care takers near cancer the hospital for continuity of treatment
- Screening and awareness kiosks in OPDs of Medical Colleges and District Hospitals for opportunistic screening of patient caretaker and visitors and to create health awareness
- Community outreach in collaboration with National Health mission to increase awareness and propagate early detection and to build a robust referral system and follow-up pathway by handholding community workers for effective screening
- NCDs screening and awareness intervention for workers of tea gardens in the state, as they are susceptible to numerous occupational hazards
- Strengthen palliative care services for patient across cancer stages and specially for end-stage patients, to provide the much needed much needed emotional, social, psychological and spiritual needs
- Establish a functional cancer registry system to collect accurate and complete cancer data for cancer control and epidemiological research, public health program planning, and patient care improvement
- e-PHCS will provide access of quality healthcare to Primary Health Centres (PHCs). Manned by nurse practitioners, these set-ups will focus on basic primary care services and facilitate virtual consultation with medical officers from the hub
- South Asia Cancer Research Centre will address the unmet need for regional research, creating country and region-specific evidence base for better control and management of cancers. The research centre will be a landmark initiative and will change the way clinicians treat cancer.