Local evidence in sub‐Saharan Africa; the CANCaRe Africa experience—Lessons learned and shared thoughts about the way forward-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Local evidence in sub‐Saharan Africa; the CANCaRe Africa experience—Lessons learned and shared thoughts about the way forward

Published:2024-07-18 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1545-5009
Container-title:Pediatric Blood & Cancer
language:en
Short-container-title:Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Author:

Israels Trijn¹²^ORCID,Mdoka Cecilia¹,Fufa Diriba³⁴^ORCID,Chagaluka George¹²,Bhakta Nickhill⁵,Mallon Brenda⁶^ORCID,Molyneux Elizabeth M.¹²,Sung Lillian¹⁷,Chimalizeni Yamikani²^ORCID,Atwiine Barnabas¹⁸^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. CANCaRe Africa The Collaborative African Network for Childhood Cancer Care and Research Blantyre Malawi

2. Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES) Paediatrics and child health Blantyre Malawi

3. Jimma University, Pediatrics and Child Health Jimma Ethiopia

4. Emerging Researchers' Committee International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) Africa

5. Global Pediatric Medicine Department St Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis USA

6. French African Pediatric Oncology Group (GFAOP), Gustave Roussy Villejuif Villejuif France

7. The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Canada

8. Department of Paediatric Oncology Mbarara University of Science and Technology Mbarara Uganda

Abstract

AbstractCollaborative research generating local evidence is key to closing the research and survival gap between sub‐Saharan Africa and high‐income countries. Lessons learned by CANCaRe Africa, the Collaborative African Network for Childhood Cancer Care and Research while pioneering such research are being discussed together with recommendations for the future.

Funder

Foundation S

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pbc.31216

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