About 8.8 million people die every year from cancer, mostly in low and middle-income countries because cancer cases are diagnosed too late. This is coming as the total annual economic cost of cancer through healthcare expenditure and loss of productivity was estimated at $1.16 trillion (N522 trillion). According to new guidance from the World Health…
Read MoreThe National Cancer Prevention Programme (NCPP), a Non Governmental Initiative of mass medical mission, is currently scaling up its impact by establishing a structured and organised, mobile system of preventive cancer care and health promotion, through the use of Mobile Cancer Centres (MCC). According to a statement issued in Lagos by Dr. Abia Nzelu of…
Read MoreAn Ocular Oncologist, Abia Nzelu, has called for more awareness programmes with immediate intervention in the fight against cancer to stem the death rate. Nzelu, who is also an Ocular Oncologist, made the remark in her presentation at a Summit of “Journalist Against Cancer in Nigeria (JaCiN)’’ to commemorate the World Cancer Day in…
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission is collaborating with the National Cancer Prevention Programme, NCPP, an NGO, and the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, in a month_long activity to raise awareness on prevention of cancer and its treatment in Nigeria. This campaign is also aimed at raising funds from good corporate citizens for the establishment of cancer…
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It is no longer news that one of the health issues currently ravaging the country is cancer, which unfortunately kills 10 Nigerians per hour or 240 persons per day. What seems to be the news, according to available statistics is that this figure will double in the nearest decade if nothing is done to reduce…
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As an expression of his love and care for the good people of Lagos State, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode took out time from his busy schedule to formally launch the Mobile Cancer Centre also called “PinkCruise” in Lagos. This event which was held at the Lagos House Ikeja on St Valentine’s Day, Wednesday the 14th of…
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The 4th of February every year is universally recognized by stakeholders, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Agency for Research on Cancers (IARC) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) as World Cancer Day. The aim of World Cancer Day is to raise awareness about the disease, thereby pressing governments, groups and…
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