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
For how long will our health system remain unequipped and sick?
For how long will our health system remain unequipped and sick? An Epilogue to the Book: Know Cancer, Conquer Cancer by: Lanre Jacob From our Foundation’s interaction with the Public Healthcare system, through our cancer awareness program across Nigeria, we found a conspicuous absence of Oncological services, especially at the Primary Healthcare level. This gap is not only risky, it has also made it difficult for policy makers to realize and frontally challenge the devastating effect of cancer in the country. The few cancer facilities that are capable of cancer diagnosis and treatment are usually not available at the Primary Healthcare level and are therefore inaccessible to the urban and the rural poor populations. This lack of access to oncology services by most patients at grassroots has consequently brought Nigeria under the captivity of cancer with little or nothing being done by both governments and global agencies to tackle the low s...
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