Cancer, one of the deadliest diseases the world has ever encountered, is a large group of diseases that can start in almost any organ or tissue of the body. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), it is the second leading cause of death globally. It also said that in 2022, there were an estimated 20 million new cancer cases and 9.
7 million deaths. In Nigeria, however, an estimated 124,000 new cases were recorded in 2020, which resulted in 78,899 deaths. The disease exerts tremendous physical, emotional and financial strain on individuals, families, communities and health systems, shrinking resources as it strikes the rich, poor, young, old and now even children.
To ease the burden of cancer treatment in Nigeria, the federal government came up with various interventions that could benefit patients. The Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa, said the country has a cancer continuum that is given necessary priority attention. PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible.
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