MAKNA (Majlis Kanser Nasional)

	Background MAKNA (Majlis Kanser Nasional or the National Cancer Council) is a not-for-profit social enterprise mainly tasked to pool and utilise every effort, expertise and financial aid from every faction of society, and to fight cancer and reduce the related pain, suffering and morbidity that cancer patients and their families often experience. MAKNA registered under the Register of Societies on 10th November 1994 and officially launched on 30th March 1995. MAKNA was founded by Dato’Mohd Farid Ariffin.
	Mission To mobilise resources in order to provide curative, preventive, research and support services to cancer patients and their families, high-risk groups and the general public, in Malaysia and the World.
	Motto The human spirit can achieve what it is set out to do when the will is able.
	Objective To pool and utilize all efforts, expertise and finance from all sectors of the society, to fight cancer and reduce related pain, morbidity and the suffering that cancer patients undergo.

 

Services provided by MAKNA 

• Treatment

• Provide comprehensive and up-to-date facilities to cancer patients especially the less fortunate. Hence, in collaboration with PPUKM, Institut Kanser MAKNA - Pusat PerubatanUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (IKM-PPUKM) was started. It is located within the compound of PPUKM in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. 
• IKM-PPUKM consists of Wad Onkologi Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Sub Basement Radiotherapy and a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit which is one of the largest in the country.

• Research

• " We must prevent cancer initiation whenever possible, eliminate it in early stages when it does occur, and helpcancer patients live with, rather than die from, the disease "                                                                                 - MAKNA Research's Mission -

• Cancer Awareness & Education

• The challenges faced by our MAKNA Cancer Awareness and Education team is to consistently keep its materials fresh and relevant to the realities of cancer besides being able to appeal to broad groups of people interested in cancer. 
  We also provide consistent cancer awareness and education programmes to educate and promote an understanding of a healthy lifestyle

• Bursary Programme

• Assists cancer patients especially those who are unable to pay for treatment, medication, equipment and other relevant costs. Each application is to be vetted by the relevant public hospitals Medical Welfare Department before submission to MAKNA for approval of assistance. Priority is given to referrals from public hospitals only. To date, MAKNA is assisting patients from 82 government hospitals nationwide.
• Building a core team of professional and semi-professionals in various aspects of cancer through researches, trainings, seminars, study tours, fellowships and conferences.

• Cancer Information Helpline

• We are here to help. One stop for all your cancer information needs. Trained information specialists to give one-to-one personalised information to the public, patients, family members and friends. Information is provided by via telephone, mail, e-mail or in person. Please call our toll-free helpline, 1-800-88-MAKNA (62562) or email your enquiries to cancerhelpline[at]makna.org.my

• Mobile Screening

• BRINGING DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICE TO A LOCATION NEAR YOU
  Take advantage of the region's only mobile mammography program today!
  
  MAKNA is proud to announce that we have officially kicked off our MAKNA Mobile Breast Cancer Screening Programme. We would be scouting both rural and urban areas to improve access and affordability for women in West Malaysia to receive early detection screening tests for breast cancer. 

• Scholarship

• The Young Cancer Survivor Scholarship Program helps MAKNA to reach its goal of improving the quality of life cancer patients and their families by improving the capacity of pediatric cancer survivor to attend college and lessening the financial burden of college attendances on the cancer survivor’s family.