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Noncommunicable diseases are expected to overtake infectious diseases as the region’s leading cause of death by 2030, following a sharp increase in cancer-related mortality COMMENT | Miriam Mutebi | Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, kill 41 million people per year, with 77% of these deaths occurring …

Sydney, Australia | Xinhua | Introducing bacteria to a tumor microenvironment (TME) creates a state of acute inflammation that triggers the immune system’s primary responder cells to attack the tumor, according to a study led by Australia’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research. The research team said on Monday that injecting …

Washington, USA | Xinhua | A cancerous skin lesion had been removed from U.S. President Joe Biden’s chest, White House physician Kevin O’Connor said on Friday. O’Connor wrote in a memo that the tissue was removed as part of Biden’s health assessment at a military hospital last month and sent for a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has rallied developing countries to jointly reject what he described as unfair trade and deceitful practices by the European Union. Speaking at the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Parliamentary conference in Brussels, Belgium, Tayebwa condemned the EU member states for exporting …

The non-intrusive machine can treat several cancerous and non-cancerous tumours, saving many patients the costs of travelling abroad to seek its services Nairobi, Kenya | BIRD AGENCY | In 2018, Edith Karaini’s husband visited the hospital for what he thought was a minor consultation. “He had been complaining of sharp …

Health ministry says no money for treatment, urges prevention Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Cancer has become one of the major public health problems in Uganda with 34,008 new cases recorded in 2020 and over 22,000 deaths. Dr Jackson Orem the Executive Director, of Uganda Cancer Institute, revealed this at the …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Sub-Saharan African countries should come up with targeted interventions like enhanced surveillance, timely diagnosis, treatment and care in order to tame the rising fatalities linked to cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday during World Cancer Day. Cancer is straining the continent’s public health infrastructure besides …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework on Friday providing a roadmap to attain the target to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040. The new Framework launched ahead of the World Cancer Day campaign recommends that …

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Sydney, Australia | Xinhua | An Australian-led research group has created new international clinical guidelines to help prevent and treat heart complications in children during cancer treatment. The guideline, which involves 11 domains of cardio-oncology care, was led by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the JACC: Advances journal. …