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Princess Zahra opens New cancer centre in Dar es Salaam 2024-05-02

Posted May 3rd, 2024 by librarian-hd
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Cancer Care centre opens at Aga Khan Hospital Dar-es-Salaam photo:AKDN Akbar Hakim
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Thursday, 2024, May 2
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With longer lifespans comes an increase in cancer rates. Pollutants in air, food and water, and a shift away from protective traditional diets, are also causing higher rates of cancer in East Africa.

Prevention, early disease detection, treatment facilities, trained medical staff and financial assistance are key to saving lives. But countries with limited resources, such as Tanzania, risk missing out on global innovations in cancer treatment.

The Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project (TCCP) has worked to improve this situation over the last four years. A partnership between the Agence Française de Développement, the Government of Tanzania, the Bugando Medical Centre, the Ocean Road Cancer Institute, the Institut Curie and AKDN, the TCCP has helped 100 public primary healthcare facilities in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza to strengthen oncology care.

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Speech by Princess Zahra at the opening of the Cancer Centre in Tanzania 2024-05-02

Posted May 16th, 2024 by librarian-hd
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Princess Zahra Aga Khan 2024-05-02
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video the.ismaili

Honorable Deputy Prime Minister, Honorable Minister, Cher Ambassador,

It is such a pleasure to be here today.

On behalf of the Aga Khan Health Services and Aga Khan University, it's not often that we get to inaugurate this kind of investment.

I think that Dr. Heiss and my colleagues would all tell you that the overall AKDN health system, whether it's this year, I believe we'll see about 12 million patients around the world, inpatient and outpatient.

We work in about a dozen countries, including Afghanistan, including Pakistan.

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Princess Zahra opens New cancer centre in Dar es Salaam 2024-05-02

Posted May 3rd, 2024 by librarian-hd
in
Princess Zahra opens the state-of-the-art cancer care facility at the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar-es-Salaam courtesy AKDN Akbar Haki
Source: 
akdn.org

With longer lifespans comes an increase in cancer rates. Pollutants in air, food and water, and a shift away from protective traditional diets, are also causing higher rates of cancer in East Africa.

Prevention, early disease detection, treatment facilities, trained medical staff and financial assistance are key to saving lives. But countries with limited resources, such as Tanzania, risk missing out on global innovations in cancer treatment.

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