Oman wins bid to host The World Cancer Congress in 2020
May 11, 2017
The Oman Cancer Association announces that Muscat has been selected to host the World Cancer Congress (WCC) in 2020. The World Cancer Congress is a major international cancer control forum which convenes up to 4,000 renowned cancer and health professionals to network and share the latest successful interventions in cancer implementation science including prevention, diagnosis and care, as well as supportive and palliative care. Held every two years, the Congress is hosted by a local member of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), and for the first time since the event’s inception in 1933, it will take place in the Arabian Gulf.
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OCA continues its role during the pandemic Lakshmi Kothaneth
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The Oman Cancer Association (OCA) is continuing its activities even during the pandemic with all possible safeguards. To make it more dynamic, it has created a director’s position.
For the first time in 21 years, Oman Cancer Association has created a director’s position. The first person to be assigned the job is Faiqa bint Ali al Sinawiyah who assumed office on May 1.
She will report directly to the Board of Directors, assigned as per the elections held on March 31. She brings with her 28 years of experience at the Ministry of Health.
Oman Cancer Association appoints new director
By: Times News Service
Muscat: Effective 1 May 2021, Faiqa bint Ali Al Sinawi assumed the role of Director of the Oman Cancer Association.
This is a newly created position with Al Sinawi being the first in the association’s 21 -year-history to be appointed to the role. She will report directly to the Board of Directors, who have been assigned as per the elections held on March 31, 2021.
Her responsibilities will include supervision of the Association’s flagship initiatives: the Mobile Mammography Unit (MMU) and Dar Al Hanan (DH) as well as tracking policy implementation across the sectors OCA engages in, in close coordination with the relevant government authorities, our sponsors and partners, as well as management of all programmes and projects underway and forecast for the next 5 years.