ABUJA JOINS CITY CANCER CHALLENGE IN MULTILATERAL COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORM CANCER CARE
In a momentous step forward, the Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Capital Territory Administration, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Medicaid Cancer Foundation, and City Cancer Challenge Foundation (C/Can) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to address the acute cancer burden in Abuja, Nigeria. Director of Press (Office of the FCT Minister), Anthony Ogunleye, made this known in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, Cancer is responsible for 79,000 deaths and approximately 124,000 new cases in Nigeria each year, accounting for the second-highest cancer burden in Africa. The multi-stakeholder...