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Doctors in East Africa are to be offered specialist training in the UK to give them the skills to detect cancer early, the BBC reports.
The scheme aims to tackle the rising number of cases in the region.
In Kenya alone, about 28,000 are diagnosed with cancer every year – with many at a late stage.
About 600 doctors will be eligible for the training which is funded by the East Africa Development Bank. They’ll be selected from government hospitals that are away from urban centres.
Many cancer patients in East Africa have to travel abroad due to the lack of the necessary expertise, technologies or drugs.
The programme was designed by the governments of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, the British and Royal School of Physicians.
