OUR NATIONAL CANCER AWARENESS PROJECT
The National Cancer Awareness Project of the Lanre Jacob Sarcoma Cancer Foundation is alive and progressing in Nigeria. We are determined to continue until the battle against cancer is won in the country
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BUILDING PEOPLE-CENTERED HEALTH SYSTEMS AND CREATING HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA by Lanre Jacob Being a paper presented on Health and Environment at the Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Nigeria, on the 25th June, 2019. Lanre Jacob Once again, my name is Lanre Jacob. Ordinarily if I had to stand at all to deliver a paper concerning any subject in a conference like this, that subject should be about language and not healthcare – because I am a linguist by training. So, what brought me into the healthcare space? It was my 30 year journey with cancer which began at the age of ten. The several dangerous surgeries on my head and the unspeakable traumas as a result of the tumors became a spur for me to step into oncology research and cancer advocacy – helping people with cancer and cancer survivors and championing sustained cancer awareness in Nigeria thr