Primary health care and the Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project
Switzerland · · 1 min
To help reduce the burden of cancer morbidity and mortality in Tanzania, the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam organises free breast cancer screenings and check-ups for the community.
AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura
Geneva, Switzerland, 15 April 2024 – In response to Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, who argues that “the current preoccupation with primary healthcare condemns millions of people to disease, pain, and death”, AKDN’s Director for Health Gijs Walraven and his co-authors offer their reflections. Read their letter of correspondence as it appeared in The Lancet on Saturday, 13 April 2024.