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Grace Cancer Run Get Ready for the Race Date and Theme Revealed by CP Cyberabad

Jul 11, 2024 by Sujata Muguda 0 Comments #2k Walk, #5k Fun Run & 10k (timed run), #6th October, #Cancer, #cancer research and screening, #Chief Guest, #Chief Guest Shri Avinash Mohanty, #Commissioner of Police, #Cyberabad, #Cyberabad Police Commissionerate, #Diabetes, #diagnosis and detection, #Dr Chinnababu, #Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli., #Founder of GRACE (Global Research and Cancer Education) Cancer Foundation., #Gachibowli Stadium, #Grace Cancer Foundation, #Heart, #Hyderabad, #HYSEA, #Krupakar Reddy, #Lung, #Prashant Nandella, #President of HYSEA (Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association), #Quambiant Global Grace Cancer Run 2024, #Race Director, #Ramesh Kaza, #Run for Grace Screen for Life, #SCSC (Society for Cyberabad Security Council), #Secretary General of the SCSC, #Senior Consultant Robotic Surgical Oncologist, #Shri. Avinash Mohanty IPS, #World's largest Cancer awareness run

Early detection is the only way forward to tackle Cancer: Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad

Cyberabad, 11th July 2024 – The much-anticipated Quambiant Global Grace Cancer Run 2024 by the Grace Cancer Foundation is set to take place, bringing together thousands of participants to raise awareness and funds for cancer research and screening.

It is the World’s largest Cancer awareness run being organized in partnership with HYSEA, SCSC (Society for Cyberabad Security Council), and many other organizations. Avinash Mohanty, the Commissioner of Police unveiled the Race Date, Theme, and Commencement of Registrations at a function held on Wednesday evening at Cyberabad Police Commissionerate at Gachibowli.

The run is to be held on 6th October, with more than 1 lakh participants from across 130 countries through Physical and Virtual Modes expected to participate.

This year’s theme, “Run for Grace Screen for Life,” highlights the importance of early detection and preventive measures in the fight against cancer.

Speaking on the occasion the Chief Guest Shri Avinash Mohanty said, “I am honoured to support the Grace Cancer Run 2024. Together, we can make a difference and save lives through awareness and early detection.”

Speaking further he said there is hardly any family without getting suffered from Cancer. It is so prevalent now. It not only affects families medically and psychologically but also ruins them financially. Early detection is the best way to contain it. Grace Cancer is reaching out to those people who don’t have access to early detection. Which is very commendable. It is a great service to humanity, he added

We are honoured to have the Chief Guest, Shri. Avinash Mohanty IPS, Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad. His presence underscores the significance of community involvement and support in our collective battle against cancer, said Dr. Chinnababu Sunkavalli, Senior Consultant Robotic Surgical Oncologist and the Founder of GRACE (Global Research and Cancer Education) Cancer Foundation.

The Race Categories are 2k Walk, 5k Fun Run & 10k (timed run). It will be held at Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad. For registrations, please visit the website – www.gracecancerrun.com and register online.

Speaking more, Dr Chinnababu said, the Grace Cancer Run is more than just a race; it is a movement dedicated to saving lives through awareness, education, and early detection. By participating, you contribute to vital cancer screening programs and research initiatives.

We want to see a world where there is no cancer. There are four health problems responsible for nearly 80% of deaths in India. And they are Cancer, Heart, Lung and Diabetes, he said. With the funds generated from the Run, we have screened 40,000 poor, rural populations. This year we aim to screen one lakh people free of cost. As a Cancer surgeon, I know the pain. I work full time on this cause and work as a doctor, part-time for my living, he said.

I have seen two problems in fighting cancer. One is poor awareness and the second is lack of access to early detection. We started the run with 5000 people about six years ago. Last year we touched one lakh people. This year we would like to cross, he said.

Ramesh Kaza, Secretary General of the SCSC, said his mother suffered from cancer and could not save her as she was diagnosed very late. People who go through the pain of their family member suffering from Cancer will only know their pain

Speaking further he said it is very strange to hear from a cancer specialist saying that he is on a mission to eliminate cancer, which in other words eliminates his job, but still, he doesn’t bother much. It is very nice of a doctor to say this.

Prashant Nandella, President of HYSEA (Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association) said diagnosis and detection are very important. That is only possible by creating awareness. Grace Foundation has saved many lives by cancer screening. HYSEA with so many IT employees can amplify their efforts to save more lives.

Krupakar Reddy, Race Director said that they were aiming to surpass the previous record number of participants. He also said each of the three categories of run has its own set of thrills and urged large numbers to participate and join in the same.

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Grace Cancer Foundation & Indur Cancer Hospital, along with Govt. of Telangana, to screen the Nizamabad population for Cancer!

Jan 22, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #CEO, #Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli., #Grace Cancer Foundation

Hyderabad: Grace Cancer Foundation and Indur Cancer Hospital in partnership with the Government of Telangana, are organizing a first of its kind yearlong Comprehensive Cancer Screening Campaign, in the Country, covering the entire populace above 21 years in Nizamabad District. The Campaign will be formally launched by the Nizamabad District Collector Shri Narayan Reddy garu, on January 30th, 2021, at the Indur Cancer Hospital, on the eve of World Cancer Day. The thrust of the camp is to screen the population for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like Cancer, diabetes hypertension, heart health and obesity.

There is an alarming rise in the incidence of cancer off late, this can be catastrophic in a country like ours with over 45% of the population being below 25 years of age and resources being limited, the way forward is prevention and early detection. Grace Cancer Foundation & Indur Cancer Hospital, through this unique mobile screening camps will sensitize the population above 21 years of age in Nizamabad about preventive aspects and aid in early detection of cancers, says Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli, CEO, Grace Cancer Foundation.

A part of the campaign screening camps will be held in over twenty-five PHCs in the district, with the initial phase focusing on Rural Nizamabad. The state-of-the-art mobile cancer screening bus equipped with advanced diagnostics will move from one location to other as per the pre-designated schedule. The camps will be organized through the PHCs of the respective areas in coordination with the DMHO of Nizamabad.

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The prestigious ‘Guinness World Records,’ recognizes city-based Grace Cancer Foundation for two of its feats!

Oct 29, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Apollo Hospitals Group, #Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli., #Dr Sathya Kalangi., #Grace Cancer Foundation, #Mr Rishi Nath, #Mr Swapnil Dangarikar

City-based Grace Cancer Foundation hosted the World’s largest Cancer Awareness initiative, ‘Grace Cancer Run’ with over a lakh participants from 115 plus countries, taking part, virtually on October 10th 2020. The Run and its organiser, Grace Cancer Foundation, won accolades from across the globe, from Institutions and individuals alike, for hosting and participating in the mammoth cancer aware initiative from across continents.

The Grace Cancer Run, the largest cancer awareness global drive, also caught the attention of the World’s official chronicler of records and achievements, the prestigious Guinness World Records and recognised Grace Cancer Foundation on two counts for titles.

The Records acknowledged by Guinness World Records are for accruing ‘Most live viewers for a female health awareness lesson on YouTube as part of Cancer Awareness Drive’ and for ‘Most videos of people running/ jogging uploaded to Facebook in one hour as part of Cancer Awareness Drive’, Cancer which incidentally had over 5000 videos uploaded in support of the awareness.

The illustrious recognitions were announced and formally bestowed on Grace Cancer Foundation by Mr Rishi Nath, Adjudicator; Mr Swapnil Dangarikar, Official Adjudicator and Ms Sonia Chadha Nihal, Commercial Account Manager – APAC & India, Guinness World Records™, at a Virtual event, today.

Also present on the occasion were Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli, CEO, Grace Cancer Foundation; Dr Hari Prasad, President, Apollo Hospitals Group; Dr Sathya Kalangi, Executive Director, Collective Power of One International – a Global outreach to improve health through education and community development in emerging societies; and Mr Y Subramanyam, Regional CEO, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad.

A dream of creating Cancer awareness conceived seven years ago has achieved unprecedented success and well beyond our imagination. What we accomplished with over lakh participants in 115+ countries is huge and overwhelming and are enormously gratified with the fact that we could reach out and sensitize millions across the globe. The icing on the cake is the prestigious Guinness World Record, crowning our effort. I am humbled by Guinness acknowledging and presenting two Titles for our feats, says Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli.

It is truly momentous for Apollo Hospitals Group to be part of a Guinness World Record, that too for a cause very close to our heart – cancer awareness, early detection and prevention. As Apollo Hospitals Group, Chairman Dr. Prathap Reddy always says, Indian medical fraternity will be the guardians of global healthcare, this initiative has taken us a step closer to that dream.

The message on healthy living from the Grace Cancer Run is reckoning across the globe and the world is awakening to Indian medical prowess, says Dr Hari Prasad. Though COVID is occupying the major mindshare of the world, one must acknowledge that more number of people died because of Cancer than because of COVID. Not much is being talked about cancer, though it is preventable and completely curable when diagnosed and treated early, deaths due to cancer can be brought down significantly provided enough awareness is built.

Apollo is extremely delighted to be associated with the largest cancer awareness initiative in the world and this provides the impetus for a bigger awareness campaign against cancer. It is a privilege to be associated with a noble and important cause.

Mr Rishi Nath said, the record is for female health awareness lesson video online, we had laid down some strict guidelines to match the standards of Guinness World Records. It was a 30 minutes lesson and was measured for the most number of concurrent viewers at one point of time, so the maximum viewers at one time present online would contribute to the record and result.

The result was 2928, wonderful record, a new Guinness World Record has been set and the record title is ‘Most live viewers for a female health awareness lesson on YouTube was 2928’ and was achieved by Grace Cancer Foundation, India; Collective Power of One International, America; Apollo Hospitals and AP Police.

Mr Swapnil Dangarikar said, I am presenting the second attempt you did for most videos of people running, jogging and uploaded it on Facebook in one hour. It may seem a simple task to upload the video and be a part of the record, but I know how difficult this has been to verify and come up with the numbers, its been so difficult that we have not yet finished the entire process of finalising the numbers, because the response you received was tremendous, which kind of crashed the Facebook page and we were not able to see the actual videos that were posted. After a lot of trials we were able to look at some numbers.

There were lot of stringent guidelines to be followed and those participants who qualified were actually considered for the record and at the moment we have more than 500 successful participants, which means you have set your second Guinness World Record. As we are still counting, we might be able to give you a bigger number.

The Grace Cancer Virtual Run, which evoked unprecedented response and participation, was a joint initiative of Grace Cancer Foundation; Apollo Hospitals, Collective Power of One International (CPOI) and AP Police, to raise awareness about breast cancer and hosted in October to commemorate the World Breast Cancer Awareness month. The theme of this third edition of the Run was, ‘Beat Cancer, Beyond Covid 19.’

Winning the recognition of Guinness World Record is a humongous accomplishment and that too two titles for an effort is truly laudable. I was always sure of this initiative going places, knowing the passion of Dr Chinnababu towards it. I congratulate Grace Cancer Foundation, Dr Chinnababu and his team for enlightening the world on the ill-effects of Cancer and bringing laurels to the country with the recognition, says Dr Sathya Kalangi.

The record number of views on YouTube and the maximum video posts on Facebook enabled us to multiply the reach of cancer awareness message, manifold. Guinness World Record recognizing the initiative is heartwarming and that so many more across the globe benefitted from it, is utmost satisfying, we are confident of this having a ripple effect and reining in the incidence of cancers, says Mr Y Subramanyam.

Grace Cancer Foundation is committed to reducing the burden of cancer in society. COVID-19 has placed an unbearable burden on people and they were neglecting diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Grace Cancer Foundation brought the focus back on cancer with the third edition of its run, with the theme, Beat Cancer Beyond COVID 19. They focused on creating awareness at the grass-root level in India and abroad. The enrolment of Navodaya Schools and the AP State police in the program helped to create wide-spread awareness for the program in India. In addition to India, 115 nations participated in the run.

The foundation gave huge momentum to this exercise with specially designed content. They uploaded 111 videos with a total reach of more than 800,000 screens. The reach through Facebook and Instagram was more than 467,000 and 276,000 respectively. In addition, they had Facebook live sessions, every Sunday evening through the month of September and responded to the question of the affected population.

Collectively all these efforts caught the imagination of the people leading to tremendous participation which positioned the Foundation for the recognition from the Guinness Book of World Records.

The organisers leveraged modern technology and social media to create mass awareness, mass participation and create a people to people connection. The run itself was virtual with participants running alone in open areas, with complete safety precautions. They then uploaded these videos, creating awareness and motivation for other participants, adds Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli.

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City-based Grace Cancer Foundation to host the 3rd edition of ‘Grace Cancer Run’, across the globe, on October 10th!

Aug 20, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #‘Grace Cancer Run’, #Grace Cancer Foundation

The third edition of the ‘Grace Cancer Run’ with the theme, ‘Beat Cancer, Beyond COVID 19’, is being organised across the globe, by the city-based Grace Cancer Foundation on October 10th, 2020. A virtual run is being hosted To beat the unprecedented times the world is witnessing because of the all-pervading COVID 19 fear. The virtual run enables to reach the early Cancer detection and prevention message to a significantly large population in every nook and corner of the globe, a possibility hitherto unimaginable. The details of the Grace Cancer Run was announced by Shri. V.C. Sajjanar, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad; Shri. Ajay Misra, IAS (Retd.), Former Special Chief Secretary, Government of Telangana; Shri. B.L. Sujatha Rao, IPS (Retd.), Former IG and Chairman, Grace Cancer Foundation; Ms. Shilpa Reddy, Former Mrs. India & Fashion Designer; Dr. Niranjan Raj, Race Director and Dr. Chinnababu Sunkavalli, Founder & CEO, Grace Cancer Foundation, at a press conference on Thursday at the Cyberabad Commissionerate, Gachibowli. The title sponsor for the Grace Cancer Run is ‘Ryan’ and the Run is supported by Apollo Hospitals and Hyderabad Runners.

Shri Sajjanar speaking on the occasion said, Grace Cancer Foundation has been successfully conducting the run last year it was a roaring success with ten thousand participants from 15 countries taking part. In these special circumstances, virtual is the buzz word and therefore this year’s run is being hosted virtually. Cancer has been there for ages, been a big threat to humanity, many patients and their families suffered enormously because of cancer. The focus on cancer should in no way be reduced despite COVID conditions. We have to gear up to combat both, the best way to do that is to keep ourselves fit which in turn boosts our immunity. It is such events and runs which keep us fit and help us to conquer cancer and Covid, they also help build the much-needed awareness about the disease. The awareness is critical as several times we observe that the patients come for treatment at an advanced stage of the disease. The Grace Cancer Foundation under the leadership of Shri Sujatha Rao, and Dr. Chinnababu, have been doing tremendous work to build awareness in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and now across the world.

There has been an unprecedented rise in the cancers of all kinds in India in the recent few years, this is a cause for great concern. Early detection and prevention is the only way forward in a country like ours, as we lack the medical infrastructure to cope with the increasing disease burden. Also, cancers being witnessed among the relatively younger population could be a huge economic burden for the country. It also impacts the family in many ways and could prove to be an irrecoverable setback. Programs being initiated by Grace Cancer Foundation is a beacon of hope for several from the poor and deprived sections of the society, says Shri Ajay Misra. On 10th October the date of the Run, even if the weather is good or bad, even if it rains, even if Covid is still prevalent, lets for Cancer’s sake run on that day be it inside or outside our houses, but do it for the sake of all our loved ones.

Ms Shilpa Reddy said I am happy to be associated with the third edition of the Grace Cancer Run. I have always endorsed programs associated with health and well-being, be it physical or mental health. Covid has compelled and reminded us of the paramount importance of our well-being, no matter who you are, no matter what you own, no matter what you will be tomorrow, is all irrelevant if your health is not in good condition, you cannot do anything in your personal or professional life without a fit body, that happens only when you invest time and energy in health. Your body develops the strength and ability to fight and bounce back even if you are inflicted of the disease when you are fit and healthy. Cancer Run is a step towards that fit body, therefore be a part of this run, spread the message propel and encourage everyone to be part of the run and create the awareness that cancer can be taken care off if it is detected early and this time the message is going across the world. Its wonderful that Dr Chinnababu made adversity into an advantage by going virtual for the run and making it possible to have several more participate, that will create humungous awareness across the globe. Please invest time in your mental and physical health because that’s what matters at the end of the day, she added.

Ryan is a proud sponsor of the Grace Foundation’s 2020 Virtual Cancer Run. As part of our corporate value, generosity matters, Ryan actively supports and serves our local communities, Says Rodney Dsouza, Senior Director, India Operations Services, Ryan – Hyderabad.

Grace Cancer Foundation, a charity organisation, working towards providing succour to cancer patients, has initiated Grace Cancer Run, to raise public awareness against cancer, its prevention and early detection, with the motto ‘No patients should be deprived of treatment for lack of financial support.’ The cancer survivors participating in the Run instil confidence and hope that cancer after all is conquerable, amongst those afflicted of cancer.

The run has enormous significance this year as the all-embracing Covid 19 fear is restricting patients of other ailments from seeking medical attention. Those developing symptoms of non-Covid diseases are postponing the treatment for the pandemic conditions to subside. However, the delay can be unimaginably fatal for serious ailments like Cancer, besides presenting serious and irretrievable consequences for the community by raising the disease burden manifold, says Dr Chinnababu Sunkavalli. This run will help sensitise patients to seek immediate medical help and nip a dreaded disease like cancer in the bud stage. It’s also heartening that this edition of Grace Cancer Run has expanded its footprint across the globe and will impact even those in the remotest part of the World, by spreading the word on prevention and early detection of cancer. Being conscious about one’s health becomes paramount now with people leading more sedentary lifestyles owing to Work from home and pandemic restrictions. The message is loud and clear, even in these tough times cancer can’t be ignored, lets join hands to defeat cancer, he added.

The Foundation has framed stipulations for the virtual run, to ensure safety and wellness of the participants in these unprecedented times of COVID 19, while affording them the privilege of being a part of a noble cause with ability to spread the message on cancer. The virtual run enables the participants to be part of it from the comfortable and secure confines of their homes on a treadmill or at a nearby track. The race rules are designed to permit the participant to reach the desired distance in a prescribed timeframe. Besides creating awareness, the virtual run serves as an add-on to stay fit and healthy, thus lifting the spirits of the participants, especially during these sombre times.

The Run will be in three categories of:

· 5K

· 10K

· 21.1K (Half Marathon)

Each participant registering for the Run will be provided with an ‘e-bib’ (a personalized, printable picture). The participants need to log on to activity Apps of their choice, through Strava is the preferred app for recording the run. After the completion of the run, the runners have to post the distance of the run along with a selfie or photograph with the bib on the chest for the organizers to record their participation.