Connecting to the World

I am starting to put together the Summer WCBCF E-Newsletter.

I got an amazing article from Dr. Alfred Kangolle from Tanzania. He writes about the challenges they face in dealing with Cancer in his country.

A key challenge is resources. Tanzania is a country of about 45 million people, has only one hospital, the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), specialized in treating cancer. There is one oncologist.

Awareness is another huge challenge, especially with the numbers of cancer diagnosis on the rise. 75-80% of women who seek attention at ORCI have advanced breast cancer. We know the key to beating breast cancer is to catch it in the early stages. With so many women seeking treatment so at such an advance state of disease, you can imagine the outcome for thousands of women is not good.

World Conference on Breast Cancer Foundation has been working with countries like Tanzania to help them connect to resources so that they are better equipped to deal with many of their challenges.

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