WHO recognises Guwahati’s B.Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) on World No Tobacco Day

The World Health Organization (WHO) of South East Asia Region has conferred the Regional Director’s Special Recognition Award to Guwahati’s Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) for its effort towards tobacco control on World No Tobacco Day 2021.

BBCI is among five other health institutes in the South East Asia region to have been awarded the recognition.

The five other institutes include – National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences in Bangalore, National Committee on Tobacco Control of Indonesia, Paolophaholyothin Hospital in Thailand, National Heart Institute in New Delhi, and National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute at Dhaka, Bangladesh as well.