TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer Advocacy in Africa
T2 - Case studies of innovative practices
AU - Odedina, Folakemi T.
AU - Rodrigues, Belmira
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this conference was made possible, in part, by an award provided by the National Cancer Institute (Award Number R13CA162899). Additional sponsors were University of Florida’s (UF) College of Pharmacy, UF Shands Cancer Center, the UF Office of the Vice President of Research, and The Prostate Net®. Priya Raja is acknowledged for her role in facilitating the collection of information from participants. Finally, we would like to thank the reviewers of this article for their constructive feedback.
Funding Information:
The major obstacle for UWOCASO is inadequate funds. Similar to other African countries, the health priority in Uganda is communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Our organization has been successful in securing grant funding from an international organization, the UICC, to support our program.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In this paper, we present six case studies describing innovative cancer advocacy programs in Africa. For each case study, an example of an advocacy activity, list of factors contributing to the success of the organization, and an example of an obstacle addressed by the organization are described.
AB - In this paper, we present six case studies describing innovative cancer advocacy programs in Africa. For each case study, an example of an advocacy activity, list of factors contributing to the success of the organization, and an example of an obstacle addressed by the organization are described.
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U2 - 10.1186/1750-9378-8-S1-S7
DO - 10.1186/1750-9378-8-S1-S7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84880859480
SN - 1750-9378
VL - 8
JO - Infectious Agents and Cancer
JF - Infectious Agents and Cancer
IS - SUPPL. 1
M1 - S7
ER -