Advocacy toolkit launched to halt the 'runaway train' of cancer in Africa
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Cancer kills more than seven million people a year throughout the world. This is more than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, and African countries, which carry a large part of the burden, are the least able of all developing countries to cope with the challenges it presents, says a consortium of international cancer organizations. In order to try to create a better recognition of the rising burden of cancer in Africa where it is most needed -- in Africa -- a 'toolkit' for local cancer advocates will be launched.