KUALA LUMPUR CONVENTION CENTRE EDUCATES THE YOUNG THE IMPORTANCE OF CARING FOR MOTHER NATURE

Kids had their eyes glued to SeeFood,’ Malaysia’s first 3D animated film at the screening organised by the Centre to mark Earth Hour 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 April 2013 – Earth Hour can be an engaging and fun educational platform for the younger generation and the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre)decided to spread the message of climate change to the young in a different way by providing a movie screening to promote environmental sustainability.

Championing the global Earth Hour for the fourth consecutive year, the Centre was committed to create greater awareness of environmental protection amongst team members and their children especially, through a local 3D animated film based on the same topic. More than 300 team members and their families turned up to show support for this initiative. 

Speaking at the gathering, the Centre’s Deputy General Manager, Alan Pryor said the Centre’s participation in the annual Earth Hour is “very much part and parcel of our sustainability agenda to contribute towards enhancing awareness of and concern for global warming.

“But, we wanted to do more than just switching off the lights this year. We wanted to educate the younger generation on our nature and environment. We also wanted to create an opportunity for team members and their family to spend some quality time together. And what better way than watching a movie together”

The event ended at 8.30pm, when the Centre joined the global community in showing their support for the environment by switching off its facade lighting and non-essential lighting for one hour on Saturday, 23 March.

And in line with the Centre’s sustainability efforts, on Earth Hour day, five team members participated in the inaugural International Day of Forests which fell on 21 March and pledged the Centre’s continued support to tree-planting. This year, the Centre contributed an additional 50 trees in lieu of monies saved from speaker gifts and honourariums from its annual Association Seminar. Since 2010, the Centre has made the world greener with 240 trees planted at the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) under its yearly tree-planting programme.

Other on-going green initiatives practised by the Centre include a3R Campaign (reduce, re-use and recycle) to encourage staff and visitors to reduce wastage, re-use and recycle where possible; eco-friendly practices such as using biodegradable cleaning products, minimal use of pesticides, sourcing products from environmentally conscious suppliers and using locally-produced products for the culinary department. 

The Centre also encourages delegates attending conferences and events to participate in the Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau’s (MyCEB) ‘Let’s Meet & Green’ tree-planting programme.

Global Oncology Summit 2013

Source : Photo Taken The New Indian Express

March 31, 2013, Hyderabad, India – Global Oncology Summit, 2013 is being held in Hyderabad, India on 28^th to 30^thMarch, 2013.

The conference inaugurated on 29^th March, 2013 by Former President of India Dr. A.P. J Abdul Kalam.

On the speaking on the occasion he said, “Cytological screening is the most effective method for detecting and treating precancerous lesions. Pap smears and treatment of precancerous lesions can lead to 90% reduction of incidence of invasive cervical cancer”.

“There are about 1,200 qualified oncologists for a population of 1.2 billion people. As a result, 60% of patients with Cancer are actually being treated by non-oncologists-General Practioners or other specialists.” he added.

Professor D.D. Patel, Former Director and Professor of Surgical Oncology, Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, said, “ the incidence of cancer in rural and semi-rural areas was not known and proposed that the 29 regional Cancer Centers registries to Know the incidence.

“There are 18 lakh Cancer patients in India at any given point of time. This translates to 7.2 lakh cancer Patients requiring psycho-oncological care, which is not available at present in all the centre’s in India, the Former President Contemplate.

Chairman of Basvatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute (BIACH & RI) N.Balakrishna said, “the hospital has been providing world-class treatment at affordable costs to cancer patients”.

BIACH & RI was the first Cancer Hospital in India to acquire in 2004 a large Medical transport vehicle fitted with X-ray, Ultrasound and Mammography machines as well as a small lab to provide on the spot investigation results. The hospital hasconducted 767 cancer camps and screened over 1, 50,000 persons so far and 53,176 investigations through its to detect Cancer.

Eminent U.S. Oncologist Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu, Dr. Subramayeshwara Rao, Medical Director, Dr. Senthil Rajappa, Head of Medical Oncology, BIACH & RI also spoke.

Chairman of Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute , N. Balakrishna

 

First time ever an HIV Vaccine has shown such a meaningful result in a human Clinical trial

March 30, 2013, Hyderabad, India – Although a number of different of Cancer appear in the list top ten causes of death in high-income countries, HIV is responsible for more deaths world wide than cancer. Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 60 million people have been died of AIDS, reports that WHO. 

A vaccine for HIV would therefore have huge global ramifications. HIV preventative and therapeutic vaccines, but researchers face many challenges as the virus constantly mutates and an effective natural immune response to HIV. Which vaccines normally mimic, does not exist. 

However, this has not discouraged funding in this area and in 2004 the public, Philanthropic and commercial sectors invested approximately $ 682 million in pre-ventative. HIV vaccine R&D, according to a report by the HIV vaccines and Microbicides Resource Tracking working group.