🚨 The IARC-GICR Collaborating Centre was officially launched at Kenya Medical Research Institute! Funded by our #Data4Health initiative and housed in the Nairobi Cancer Registry, this center provides expertise in cancer registration education and training for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. #AFCRN
The whole Sub-Saharan Africa is so proud of your great contribution in Research on Cancer Kenya Medical Research Institute . Go higher. IARC #AFCRN World Health Organization (WHO)
Investing sustainably in #cancer registration for cancer control in #Uganda. Dr Freddie Bray in #Kampala with the African Cancer Registry Network #AFCRN, World Health Organization (WHO), & the Kampala Cancer Registry visiting the WHO Country Office, Makerere University University, Uganda Cancer Institute, & Ministry of Health- Uganda
IARC, @UICC, & the African #Cancer Registry Network #AFCRN launch “#CervicalCancer elimination in #Africa: where are we now and where do we need to be?” This new report includes input from IARC scientists Dr Freddie Bray & Dr Partha Basu. Read it here iarc.who.int/news-events/re…
An accompanying editorial to the #AFCRN registry study examines our state of understanding of #ProstateCancer in #SubSaharanAfrica. Authored by Dr. Samuel Washington UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Ctr: acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
"29% of cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa are attributed to Infections (1 in 3). 66% of these are preventable by vaccination (HPV and Hepatitis B)." W. Yvonne Joko-Fru during today's 'Cancer Surveillance in Africa' event hosted by #AFCRN #londonglobalcancer
