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The African cancer advocacy consortium: shaping the path for advocacy in Africa

Overview of attention for article published in Infectious Agents and Cancer, July 2013
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Title
The African cancer advocacy consortium: shaping the path for advocacy in Africa
Published in
Infectious Agents and Cancer, July 2013
DOI 10.1186/1750-9378-8-s1-s8
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Folakemi T Odedina, Kwanele Asante-Shongwe, Emmanuel J Kandusi, Richard Segal, Shannon Pressey, R Renee Reams, Virgil H Simons

Abstract

Although there is significant evidence of a cancer epidemic in Africa, there is limited awareness about cancer in most African countries. By partnering with international organizations and institutions such as the University of Florida and the Prostate Net, the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) is committed to improving cancer advocacy in Africa. This paper presents some of the recent efforts on cancer advocacy in Africa, including the results of a SWOT analysis conducted for the cancer advocacy workshop and the guidelines developed by cancer advocates on best practices for cancer advocacy in Africa. One of the outcomes of these efforts is the African Cancer Advocates Consortium (ACAC) founded by cancer advocates in Africa to, "Make Cancer a Top Priority in Africa". While we have started the work to strengthen cancer advocacy in Africa, we still have a long way to go. Our goal of making cancer a priority in Africa can mainly be achieved by: (1) increasing the manpower for cancer advocacy through education and training; and (2) strengthening the network of cancer advocates across the continent.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Ghana 1 5%
Unknown 20 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 29%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 10%
Researcher 2 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 10%
Lecturer 1 5%
Other 4 19%
Unknown 4 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 19%
Social Sciences 3 14%
Psychology 1 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 5%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 4 19%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 July 2013.
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#14,628,626
of 22,714,025 outputs
Outputs from Infectious Agents and Cancer
#222
of 514 outputs
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#114,240
of 194,441 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Infectious Agents and Cancer
#5
of 11 outputs
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