Cancer Prevention and Control Act

3. Objects and purposes of the Act

Edition: 2012-08-03 · In force

The objects and purposes of this Act are to—

(a)promote public awareness about the causes, consequences, means of prevention and control of cancer;

(b)extend to every person with cancer full protection of his human rights and civil liberties by—

(i)guaranteeing the right to privacy of the individual;

(ii)outlawing discrimination in all its forms and subtleties;

(iii)ensuring the provision of basic health care and social services;

(c)promote utmost safety and universal precautions in practices and procedures that relate to the treatment of cancer;

(d)positively address and seek to eradicate conditions that cause and aggravate the spread of cancer;

(e)promote access to quality and affordable diagnostic and treatment services for persons with cancer; and

(f)ensure sustainable capacity for the prevention and control of cancer.