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Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the First Lady, on Tuesday launched a report on "Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Lancet Oncology Commission," in Accra. The report called on all stakeholders, especially policy makers in the health sector to unite and chart a collective response to the increasing burden of cancer in Africa.…
A study by an international group of cancer consultants says the number of people dying of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa is set to nearly double, rising to one million deaths a year by 2030.
- Cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa set to nearly double, rising to one million deaths a year by 2030, and cancer incidence to jump to 1.4 million c..