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When It Comes To Cancer, Geography Can Determine Your Chance Of Survival. But It Doesn’t Have To

Published on WBUR's Cognoscenti Blog, 7 February 2018 - full commentary here.   “Well, thank God you live in Boston,” my sister said when I called to tell her about my cancer diagnosis over a decade ago. That was the refrain I heard over and over. People were talking, of course, about Bosto...

Few Cancer Cases Make It to Hospital in Tanzania

Only 13,000 of the people diagnosed with cancer each year in Tanzania report to hospital for treatement. This, according to the Health, Community Developement, Gender, Elderly and Children Minister Ummy Mwalimu is about 26% of all the annual cancer cases estimated to be diagnosed in the country. ...

As Cancer Tears Through Africa, Drug Makers Draw Up a Battle Plan

In an exciting move, Pfizer and Cipla have agreed to charge minimal costs for 16 common chemotherapy drugs in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. Prices are estimated to be just above their manufacturing costs ensuring affordable treatment to tens of thousands. In addition to r...

Challenges of Caring for Cancer Patients in Tanzania

Cancer care is in a pathetic state and the problem is so huge that it is even difficult to find an appropriate method to measure its magnitude. Huge global inequities exist in cancer survival for women. In low-resource settings, breast and cervical cancer disproportionately affect women in the...

Smartphone App Screens Women for Cervical Cancer in Tanzania

About half a million women are diagnosed with cervical cancer around the world each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most cases occur in developing countries where regular gynecological screenings are not widely accessible. But a new smartphone application d...

Tanzania is taking cancer care seriously and creating more treatment centres

ORCI is the only specialist cancer treatment centre in the country, and larger than any similar facilities in Kenya and Uganda. It sees nearly 4,000 new patients every year and is desperately trying to cope with the influx of patients in need of treatment, mostly chemotherapy or radiotherapy. It ...

Cancer rates are soaring in Africa, yet Tanzania's radiotherapy hub stands idle

Bugando is a lifeline for the 13 million-strong population of northern Tanzania’s Lake Victoria region, providing specialised care no other hospital around can offer. But like many other parts of the country’s healthcare system, this centre – run by the government and the Catholic church – faces ...

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