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In a deal similar to the one that turned the tide against AIDS, manufacturers and charities will make chemotherapy drugs available in six poor countries at steep discounts. By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Continue Reading...
Government is set to construct a multi-million Euro Cancer center in Mbarara district, to reduce the burden from the national Cancer Institute at Mulago hospital. http://kfm.co.ug/news/mbarara-district-to-get-multi-million-euro-cancer-center.html
" The initiation and development of the Lymphoma Treatment Centre (LTC) was a result of cooperation nd hard work of many individuals at the makerere university medical school, MOH and the National cancer institute (NCI) in the USA. The inception of the idea started in 1965 during a meeting ...
A Cobalt-60 machine, donated to Mulago Hospital in 1995 broke down in April 2016, thereby rendering radiotherapy unavailable for tens of thousands of Ugandan cancer patients. Most recent reporting on the issue: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2017/03/waiting-die-uganda-untrea...