Addressing the childhood cancer crisis in sub-Saharan Africa
![Thumbnail](/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/3146/Addressing%20the%20childhood%20cancer%20crisis%20in%20sub-Saharan%20Africa.pdf.jpg?sequence=4&isAllowed=y)
View/ Open
Date
2023Author
Lubega, Joseph
Chirande, Lulu
Atwine, Barnabas
Davidson, Alan
Kashaigili, Heronima J
Kanyamuhunga, Aimable
Langat, Robert K
Munube, Deogratias
Mzikamanda, Rizine
Namazzi, Ruth
Nzamu, Irene
Akullo, Anne
Allen, Carl
Gastier-Foster, Julie M
Hockenberry, Marilyn
Ozuah, Nmazuo
Wasswa, Peter
Smith, Rachel
Wilson-Lewis, Kristi
Poplack, David G
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a childhood cancer crisis. Annually, nearly 90% of the more than 100 000 children who develop cancer in sub-Saharan Africa die. By contrast, 85% of paediatric patients with cancer survive in high-income countries, where advanced paediatric cancer care is available. Additionally, the burden of paediatric cancer in sub-Saharan Africa is compounded by substantial population growth, which is rapidly increasing the number of patients
Collections
- Research Article [111]