Actor Sanjay Dutt, Global Champion for Cancer Care with The Defeat-NCD Partnership at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, was diagnosed with advanced cancer in late 2020 and is now in remission following treatment.

During the event at the UN, the actor shared his personal journey of living with cancer, and living with immediate family members who lost their lives to the disease – recognising the important role that health practitioners and family members play in each patient’s journey to battle this chronic disease. Despite the great scientific advances in treatment solutions, he expressed his frustration at the exorbitant and differentiated costs of cancer treatment across different countries.