Zimbabwe is installing new radiotherapy machines, training more radio-oncologists and working towards establishing cancer treatment centres in every province to improve access to specialised healthcare.

HARARE — In a sobering revelation for global health, the 2023 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study , published this week in The Lancet , has identified childhood cancer as the eighth-leading cause of death among children worldwide. Perhaps most alarming for the African continent is the finding that pediatric cancer now claims more lives than measles, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS combined. While high-income nations have seen a 27% decrease in mortality since 1990, the WHO Afric