Abstract
The International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates that there were 811 000 new cancer cases and 534 000 cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2018, and cancer cases are rising.1 Many people with cancer present late for care, leading to high out-of-pocket payments and concomitant risk of household financial ruin. This burden has resulted in calls for governments to fund comprehensive cancer care, including palliative care, within universal health care schemes.2 These calls are occurring while countries in sub-Saharan Africa grapple with competing decisions around equitable and efficient implementation of universal health services under increasingly constrained resources and emerging threats, including COVID-19.
Highlights
The International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates that there were 811 000 new cancer cases and 534 000 cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2018, and cancer cases are rising.[1]
Many people with cancer present late for care, leading to high out-of-pocket payments and concomitant risk of household financial ruin. This burden has resulted in calls for governments to fund comprehensive cancer care, including palliative care, within universal health care schemes.[2]
These calls are occurring while countries in sub-Saharan Africa grapple with competing decisions around equitable and efficient implementation of universal health services under increasingly constrained resources and emerging threats, including COVID-19
Summary
The International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates that there were 811 000 new cancer cases and 534 000 cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2018, and cancer cases are rising.[1]. Advanced cancer palliative care economics in sub-Saharan Africa: an important start
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