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| Title |
Perspective of an Advocate - political advocacy in African cancer dialogue
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Infectious Agents and Cancer, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1750-9378-8-s1-s2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kwanele Asante-Shongwe |
| Abstract |
The burden of cancer is climbing in all of Africa, yet the continent's healthcare and political systems have not prioritized cancer control and treatment-care. Sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to have a greater than 85% increase in the burden of cancer by 2030. However, African communities have little or no knowledge of cancer. As a result, many patients present with advanced disease at first consultation leading to poor outcomes. A focused approach needs to be adopted to address this growing public health threat. Robust engagement by patients and persons affected by cancer is needed to exert pressure on key public healthcare influencers especially, clinicians, researchers, political leaders and public health policy-makers to prioritize the disease and to ease the massive human suffering caused by cancer morbidities and mortalities. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 22 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 21 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 5 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 18% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 23% |
| Unknown | 2 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 18% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 18% |
| Unknown | 2 | 9% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. 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 09 January 2015.
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