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Abstract OBJECTIVE To empower health workers in the cancer care continuum to nationally reduce the disease burden from brain cancer through active engagement, advocacy , collaboration and education -to introduce theories and concepts including current trends, issues , challenges and debates in brain cancer. METHOD The talk cancer zim trust organised a hybrid national webinar on paedeatric brain cancer on 26 May 2023 under the mantra "advancing in brain cancer care , where are we? The objectives were to be met through presantations from the neurosurgeon , oncologist, psychiatrist, palliative care specialist , Kidzcan and the GICC focal person for the country.Thematic areas covered were palliative care,radiation oncology, neurosurgery, advocacy and psychooncology. RESULTS a total of 193 health proffessionals attended the meeting online while 24 health proffessionals attended the meeting in.person.The targeted audience consisted of radiographers, oncology nurses, pharmacists, rehabilitation specialists, medical physicists and specialist doctors such as oncologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatriasts. CONCLUSION There is need for a holistic approach to paedatric brain cancers throughout the cancer trajectory from awareness, diagnosis, screening through treatment and palliative care and research
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