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NMA, others vow to track cancer funds, reactivate national cancer centre

February 5, 2021
By Hassan Zaggi
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), the Nigerian Cancer Society (NCS) and the Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) have vowed to put machinery in place to track funds appropriated for the fight against cancer in the budget, ensure their release and judicious and transparent use.
The also vow to do all within their reach to ensure that the comatose International Cancer Centre is reactivated and put to use.
The President, Nigeria Cancer Society (NCS), Dr Adamu Alhassan Umar, disclosed this at a media engagement organised by AHBN, NMA and NCS to commemorate the World Cancer Day, in Abuja, Thursday. ....

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World Cancer Day: Only 3 public radiotherapy centres in Nigeria

Medical practitioners who spoke to
Daily Trust revealed that there are no more than three functional radiotherapy centres for cancer treatment in Nigeria.
The Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja, Dr Jafaru Momoh, said aside from the hospital he heads, which has two linac radiotherapy machines, only the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), which is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) has two of the machines.
Speaking about these challenges, an Oncology Consultant at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Dr Muhammad Inuwa Mustapha, identified lack of radiotherapy machine as a monumental concern that requires urgent attention from both the federal and state government. ....

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