Dr. Reetha Ismail, Professor, College of Health Sciences attended the “Twenty-Second Annual Conference and International Seminar” of Association of Third World Studies South Asia Chapter at University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka from 28th November to 4th December 2017. She presented a paper titled “PALLIATIVE CARE – A BLESSING TO ADVANCED CANCER PATIENT” and also Chaired a section on “Ethnic Medicine and prevention of diseases – the role of cultural practices and scientific research.” She also attended the post-conference workshop.