Cancer Registration
Cancer is killing more people in Developing countries than HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB combined. About 70% of all cancer deaths occur in these low- and middle- income states. The increasing burden of cancer upon the continent of Africa and the need for adequate surveillance as a fundamental part of cancer control has been recognised.

The African Cancer Registry Programme aims to improve the effectiveness of cancer surveillance by providing expert evaluation and technical support to Cancer Registries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Our goal is to strengthen health systems in Africa and to create research platforms for the identification of problems, priorities, and targets for effective cancer control initiatives.

Palliative Care
Every patient in need of pain relief could be helped if the current knowledge about pain control and palliative care was applied.

Tragically, due to poverty and the lack of available health services, 80% of cancer patients in developing countries present with advanced cancers. For these patients the only option is pain relief and palliative care. But, because pain treatment and palliative care are not priorities for their governments, healthcare workers often do not receive the necessary training to provide these services, nor are permitted to supply the pain-relieving drugs that we take for granted. As a consequence, terminally ill cancer patients and their families have to endure terrible suffering before death comes.

The Project Hospice Nepal is building sustainable palliative care programmes in India and Nepal. It provides professional training to health care workers and is dedicated to increasing the availability of pain-relieving drugs like morphine. Your support will help reduce the suffering of terminally ill cancer patients being cared for in our programmes.

The Palliative care programme in Nepal and India. Beneficiaries are local healthcare workers. Your money will be used to help provide training on palliative care and pain relief to local nurses and doctors.