Under the title, “Be Sultan; Defeat Cancer!” the College of Public Health and Health Informatics at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), represented by the Department of Health Education & Promotion (Girls Section), organized an awareness and educational campaign on Sunday, 27^th Jumada II 1438H (26^th March 2017) at the headquarters of the Adult Education Department in Makkah. The campaign witnessed the participation of Dr. Laila Sulaiman Abdurrahman, Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Education & Promotion, as well as a number of the Department’s female students. It aimed to identify cancer diseases and the causes thereof. It also targeted the demonstration of the most prevalent cancer diseases in KSA, the most significant available methods of treatment and prevention, and the importance of early examination of such disease.

The event included a lecture presented at the Major Lecture Hall in the Department of Adult Education on cancer diseases in general, its prevalence in the Kingdom, and the burden it caused on the individual, society and the state as a whole. In addition, a number of corners were set up to discuss each type of cancer in particular. The first corner included breast cancer; the second corner included lung cancer; and the third corner included colorectal cancer.

In every corner, the seriousness of each type of cancer, its causes, the symptoms associated with each type, the signs of pre-infection, the methods of prevention, and the significance of early examination were discussed. In addition, leaflets and ribbons internationally approved to represent each type of cancer have been distributed in solidarity with cancer patients.

Dr. Waheeb bin Dakheelullah Al-Harbi, Dean of the College of Public Health and Health Informatics, pointed out that cancer diseases were considered mostly prevalent in the Kingdom. He added that the College's awareness campaigns about such disease were a belief in its role in community service and education to reduce the spread of cancer.