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Surviving Childhood Cancer in Uganda: The Dual Battle for Life and Fertility

At 17, Annet Namubiru’s life changed drastically. Then a secondary school student, she began to fall ill without anyone understanding why. “I was at school and started feeling weak and tired,” she…

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The Story of Dr. Anne Merriman: Pioneering Compassion and Dignity in Africa’s Palliative Care Revolution

No conversation about palliative care in Africa is complete without mentioning Dr. Anne Merriman. Her life was a testament to deep compassion — dedicated to caring for others, championing dignity in death,…

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A Bold Step into Building Africa’s Cancer Atlas

Cancer does not affect all populations equally. For individuals of African descent, whether living on the continent or in the diaspora, cancer often presents at different stages, responds differently to treatment, and…

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Albinism And Skin Cancer In Africa: Tackling The Prevention Needs Of A Stigmatised Population

People with albinism in Africa face many obstacles, including a significantly higher risk of skin cancer due to intense sun exposure and lack of melanin, making prevention and access to protective care…

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Quality palliative care: investing in data collection to monitor and improve services in Africa

Effective palliative care has become a growing priority in African health services in recent decades. This is partly a result of the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases including cancer – and the…

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Not just a climate issue: cutting cancer rates through cleaner cooking fuels in Africa

Nearly one billion people in Africa depend on polluting fuels like wood, charcoal, and kerosene for cooking, lighting, and heating their homes. The resulting household air pollution leads to approximately 700,000 premature…

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Regional cancer centres to boost access to cancer care across Uganda

The Uganda Cancer Institute, set up in Kampala in 1967 as a centre for research and treatment of lymphoma, was one of the first cancer treatment centres in East Africa, and continues…

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HPV vaccination: generating demand by spreading knowledge and information

"The most sustainable way is for people to understand that when my girl reaches 10 years, I just take her for the HPV vaccine. That's the sustainable way where all of us…

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Hospice caring for women with cervical cancer launches own mobile screening clinic

It’s 9.30 in the heart of Kaliro district in eastern Uganda, and a group of women is already gathered outside the Nansololo Health Centre II by the time the van from the…

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Cancer drugs for Africa… from Africa?

More than two years ago, Cipla Quality Chemical Industries, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Kampala, Uganda, announced that it would start producing cancer drugs. In a deal agreed in 2021 with the…