Improving Childhood Cancer Treatment in the Paediatric Oncology Unit
Issues
- Delayed consultations and/or late referrals due to lack of information and awareness
- Late access to specialized care: difficulties in early and precise diagnosis, insufficient financial resources for the creation of supplementary assessments
- Inadequate follow-up problem
Main Objectives of the Project
- Improve access to care for children affected by cancer in Burkina Faso
- Ensure training for healthcare professionals (medical and paramedical) for better management of children affected by cancer
- Inform and raise public awareness on childhood cancer and the necessity of early consultation and diagnosis
- Improve precision in diagnosis in order to treat patients more effectively
- Identify means and strategies for improved clinical and psychosocial care
Benefits of the Project
Public awareness and information activities:
- Improved basic childhood cancer knowledge of medical staff, the authorities and the general public
- Wider impact with political and sanitary authorities
- Consultations, early with precise diagnosis and treatment
Training and early diagnosis:
- Improvement of the technical equipment
- Improved multidisciplinary collaboration
- Operational research results led to improvements in the management of childhood cancer
Advocacy to support clinical and psychosocial care:
- Improved awareness of the reality of cancer and the necessity for collective involvement
- Development of continual initiatives
Long term objectives:
- Improvement of childhood cancer care in Burkina Faso
- Expand this care to the third University Hospital Centre situated in the second city of the country
