September 22nd, 2015: Haya Merai, a graduate of the Bachelor of Health Organization Management program at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) has returned to the University to promote skin cancer awareness as part of a campaign by her now employer, Friends of Cancer Patients.
Haya, who is a Junior Project Executive with the Sharjah-based charity, brought the ‘Mole Talk’ campaign to the CUD campus, to help create awareness about the importance of prevention and early detection of skin cancer among young people in the UAE.
Speaking about the campaign, Haya said, “At the moment there doesn’t seem to be a widespread awareness in the UAE about the risk factors associated with skin cancer, despite the country’s climate, so our aim is to work with organizations such as CUD to deliver information about the importance of being sun-safe and looking for early symptoms.”
The Friends of Cancer Patients campaign is based on the ABCDE guide to detecting changes in the characteristics of moles. Organized by the Student Affair’s Health Centre team, the campaign also brought a doctor and nurse on campus to allow students and university personnel to be examined by specialist medical practitioners.
Haya, who also undertook her internship with Friends of Cancer Patients while studying at CUD, will be returning to the University campus later in the year for the breast cancer awareness and shanab campaigns, which will involve a series of fundraising events organized by Student Services.
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