HANDOVER OF THE MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY VAN AT UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE

7 Cancer Education Materials for Health Workers and Community Educators Guide Launched

Uganda cancer institute (UCI) has launched the cancer information, education and communication guide for health workers as a means to facilitate comprehensive cancer community programme. The booklets detail all the information on the causes, effects, treatment and steps to help the health workers at regional and lower health centers detect cancer at its early stages

Malawi Health Delegates Hail Uganda Cancer Institute

A health delegation from Malawi have hailed Uganda’s Cancer institute for its autonomy and recent scientific achievements. The delegation led by the Chief of Health Services in Malawi, Dr Charles Mwansambo say they are in the country to learn about the Uganda Cancer Institute(UCI) and how it is operated and managed. Mwansambo said in an

Commissioning of the Radiotherapy Machine

The Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency Amb. Yukiya Amano is very happy to have been part of the commissioning of the radiotherapy services in Uganda. He also reaffirmed the interest of IAEA in using atomic energy in fighting and managing cancer and how the Agency is glad to be supporting African countries in

Dr. Edus H. Warren named leader of Fred Hutch Global Oncology program

Immunotherapy researcher and oncologist to head global cancer collaboration SEATTLE — July 6, 2017 — Immunotherapy researcher and oncologist Dr. Edus H. Warren has been selected to lead Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s program in Global Oncology in its effort to transform cancer care in sub-Saharan Africa, China and other regions by providing greater access to

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME IN GYNECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY LAUNCH

Uganda Cancer Institute has today 5th July 2017 launched the Fellowship Programme in Gynecological Oncology at Protea Hotel Kampala in a colourful event graced by the Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Acheng. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Uganda Cancer Institute, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Makerere University College of Health Sciences and the

Staying Alive Afri-Art Gallery

I first found out about the Uganda Cancer Institute while sitting in a library in Philadelphia. 2008. It was my first semester of graduate school. I was going through the papers of American research scientists. I came to graduate school wanting to write about the histories of HIV and AIDS science in eastern Africa. I