
Mushabe Branchard
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26-04-2023 08:57:16
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Saying thank you and speaking the local language is important! Dr. Hafeez Abdelhafeez and Prof Kathy Pritchard Jones learning how to speak some Chichewa, the national language of Malawi. KathyPritchard-Jones SIOP International World Child Cancer Childhood Cancer International OncoDaily POINTE SIOP-Africa

Did you know that more than 25% of children with cancer live in Africa? Did you know that many of them do not have access to proper diagnosis and treatment? SIOP International Childhood Cancer International World Child Cancer POINTE Young SIOP OncoDaily SIOP-Africa

The #EUsmartCARE survey will help us shape a more supportive future for all cancer patients and survivors including rare cancers. 👉bit.ly/48ffAOu #EU4Health #EUCancerPlan #RareDiseaseDay European Cancer Organisation Pan Care @Bilbomatica CCI Europe 🎗️ @HaDEA EURACAN Dégi L. Csaba

The Local Evidence Campaign of CANCaRe Africa is starting NOW! Local evidence is essential for improving the care and survival of children with cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa. SIOP International World Child Cancer Childhood Cancer International SIOP-Africa OncoDaily POINTE SLAOP

We can all be part of the positive cycle of the ‘Zero Abandonment from Start to Finish Programme’. All components are critical: Local evidence Advocacy Funding SIOP International Childhood Cancer International World Child Cancer SIOP-Africa OncoDaily POINTE Maite Gorostegui Neil Ranasinghe



Great work Maite Gorostegui, thanks for helping spread the word.


Please listen to Dr. Nigussu Kibret, a general practitioner at paediatric oncology unit at University of Gondar hospital in Ethiopia. SIOP International SIOP-Africa World Child Cancer Childhood Cancer International POINTE OncoDaily Young SIOP

Meet Shakira and her granny who come from Balaka district in Malawi where she lives with her parents who are subsistence farmers. SIOP International SIOP-Africa World Child Cancer Childhood Cancer International OncoDaily POINTE Young SIOP Appropriate consent given.Photograph by Dr T. Israels.




Please meet Esther who was diagnosed with cancer and admitted to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Malawi.This is Esther with her mother. SIOP International Childhood Cancer International World Child Cancer POINTE Young SIOP OncoDaily


Local evidence and experience are key to improving childhood cancer care and survival in low income countries. SIOP International St. Jude Research KathyPritchard-Jones George Chagaluka Laila Hessissen Manoo bhakta Filipo Spreafico Michael sullivan Nickhill Bhakta Brenda Mallon Yao Atteby Thelma Velzazquez


Please meet Annette and her grandmother. Annette is four years old. They had to travel about 4 hours to the hospital in Blantyre. SIOP International Young SIOP World Child Cancer Childhood Cancer International OncoDaily POINTE SIOP-Africa Appropriate consent given. Photograph by Dr. T. Israels


Just imagine, just imagine your child has been diagnosed with cancer. There is a hospital, and there is treatment. But it happens that you live far away from the hospital, and you are the economic support of a big family. SIOP International World Child Cancer Childhood Cancer International OncoDaily

