On February 29 – March 1, 2024, CRDF Global, together with the Government of Nigeria, hosted the Trilateral Meeting on Improving Access to Cancer Care for Rural Populations in West Africa in Abuja, Nigeria. This meeting built on discussions from the 2023 SDPU workshop series on “Expanding Access to Radiation Medicine in West Africa” in Ghana to discuss challenges and proposed solutions to improve access to cancer care for rural populations.
This meeting engaged experts from Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria including Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, University of Ghana, Nigerian National Institutite for Cancer Research and Treatment, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Nigeria NGO representatives, General Hospital of Douala, General Hospital of Yaoundé, Cameroon Oncology Center, ministries of health, atomic energy commissions, and other global stakeholders such as the International Atomic Energy Agency, the National Cancer Institute, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and City Cancer Challenge.
These discussions focused on the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:
- SDG 3.B: Support the research and development vacciness and medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect development countries and provide assess to such.
- SDG 3.C: Increase the recruitment, development, training, and retention of the health workforce in development countries
For any questions on this event, please reach out to the organizer, sdpu@crdfglobal.org.
