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High death rate of Cancer patients in Africa, with most getting late diagnosis

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-Says MERCK Foundation CEO

By Never G. Lomo,garmahlomo@gmail.com

The mortality Rate of Cancer patients is very high in Africa, with 80% being diagnosed at the very late stage, the Chief Executive Office of Merck foundation Dr. Rasha Kelej has disclosed.

Dr.Kelej said on World Cancer day-February 4, 2020- that with this high rate of cancer mortality in Africa, there are limited number of Oncologists to treat people with cancer.

The CEO of Merck foundation added that the foundation is extremely making history by training 80 Oncologists from twenty six countries across Africa which those African presidents have highly appreciate.

Merck foundation through it cancer access program has been building Cancer Care capacity to increase limited number of Oncologists across the continent.

A release to mark World Cancer day said, Merck Foundation is committed to lead Africa to a better culture through shipping the landscape of Cancer Care in the continent.

And it is also focusing on improving access to Cancer Care solutions by developing a multidisciplinary oncologist are train in each country like medical surgery, pediatric, Gynane, radiation oncologist, radiation technician, nursing and pathologist among others as an integrated team approach can lead to better outcome.

“I am very particularly very happy to share that Merck foundation has trained first ever oncologists in Gambia, Central African Reblic, Liberia, Guinea, Burundi, Chad, Sierra Leone and they are making more then history in those countries,” the Merck Foundation CEO said.

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