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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Cancer in Africa: A preventable public health crisis
Journal Africain du Cancer, Volume 4, No. 2, Year 2012
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Description
Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa is a latent public health crisis. Its burden is expected to increase, as people in this region live longer with reduced risk of death from infectious diseases and increasingly adopt lifestyles that include tobacco use, unhealthy diet, the harmful use of alcohol and reduced physical activity. Promotion of healthy lifestyles including anti-tobacco and alcohol legislation, immunization, early diagnosis by screening target populations and surveillance and monitoring are available to stem this tide. Alarm must be raised now, before it is too late. Africa can avoid a significant proportion of the cancer scourge that lies ahead. This requires the development and implementation of proactive national cancer prevention and control programmes, which are guided by sound scientific evidence. Governments and partners need to grasp the importance of the growing cancer burden in the region and reflect this awareness in their budget and funding policies as recommended in the African Regional Strategy for Cancer Prevention and Control. © 2012 Springer-Verlag France.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sambo, Luís Gomes
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Dangou, Jean Marie
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Adebamowo, Clement
Nigeria, Abuja
Institute of Human Virology - Nigeria
Albrecht, C. F.
South Africa
Cancer Association of South Africa (cansa)
Gombé-Mbalawa, Charles
Congo
Brazzaville Teaching Hospital
Ngoma, Twalib Athumani
Unknown Affiliation
Moeti, Matshidiso Rebecca
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Sambo, Boureima
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Statistics
Citations: 19
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s12558-012-0212-2
ISSN:
19650817
e-ISSN:
19650825
Research Areas
Cancer
Maternal And Child Health
Substance Abuse