Tag Archives: cancer

Health ministry says no money for treatment, urges prevention Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Cancer has become one of the major public health problems in Uganda with 34,008 new cases recorded in 2020 and over 22,000 deaths. Dr Jackson Orem the Executive Director, of Uganda Cancer Institute, revealed this at the …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Sub-Saharan African countries should come up with targeted interventions like enhanced surveillance, timely diagnosis, treatment and care in order to tame the rising fatalities linked to cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday during World Cancer Day. Cancer is straining the continent’s public health infrastructure besides …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework on Friday providing a roadmap to attain the target to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040. The new Framework launched ahead of the World Cancer Day campaign recommends that …

🚭 Quit Smoking 🧪 Take Early Detection Test 🤸‍♂️ Exercise Regularly 🍴 Eat Healthy Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPENDENT | The Union for International Control (UICC), which drives the campaign for World Cancer Day on 4 February, has called on governments around the world to prioritise four policy actions to …

Sydney, Australia | Xinhua | An Australian-led research group has created new international clinical guidelines to help prevent and treat heart complications in children during cancer treatment. The guideline, which involves 11 domains of cardio-oncology care, was led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the JACC: Advances journal. …

Cancers with IDH1 mutations are addicted to lipids Canberra, Australia | Xinhua | A low fat diet could hold the key to stopping cancer growth, an Australian research has found. In a study published on Tuesday, researchers from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and the University …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has pledged more financial support to the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) to enable it improve the treatment of cancer. Tayebwa, who paid a courtesy visit to the facility, said that with proper funding and required equipment in place, …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s Ministry of Health and international research partners on Thursday launched a hub for advancing cancer registration in the Sub-Saharan African region through leveraging training and innovative financing. The facility to be domiciled at Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) will act as a nerve center for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of funding and competing priorities are delaying the government’s efforts to decentralize cancer treatment in Uganda, the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, heard Wednesday during her tour at Uganda Cancer Institute. In 2018, the government announced plans to establish five regional cancer treatment centers in …

Uganda  Cancer Institute-Mulago a death trap? COMMENT | Samson Tinka | On 19th Sept 2022 my sister checked in at Uganda cancer institute Mulago. Previously, we were admitted for over a week at Nsambya Hospital. The diagnosis was multiple myeloma, which many confirmed to us that it is treatable cancer depending …