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Kumasi
Ghana
A C/Can city since 2018, Kumasi is improving cancer care from the ground up through better infrastructure, workforce training, and system coordination. With C/Can, Kumasi is implementing sustainable solutions.
With C/Can, Kumasi enhanced access to quality care, ensuring patients receive accurate and timely diagnoses by improving services, infrastructure, workforce skills, and technologies.
In numbers
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578local stakeholders engaged
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120health professionals trained
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20outputs from 10 projects
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24%increase in timely referrals
Powering the system with C/Can
Local cancer care experts and stakeholders are driving projects aimed at overcoming Kumasi’s challenges and enhancing the city’s capacity to provide comprehensive cancer care.
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Availability of cancer care services
Kumasi is addressing the critical gaps in cancer care availability, focusing on improving diagnostic services, medical oncology, and radiotherapy. C/Can is collaborating with local institutions to strengthen cancer care infrastructure, ensuring that services are more widely accessible to patients in need.
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Management, education and professional training for cancer care services
Efforts to improve the management of cancer care in Kumasi are centred around better training for healthcare workers and streamlining the healthcare system. C/Can is supporting the development of strategies to enhance workforce capabilities and ensure a more efficient delivery of cancer care.
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Quality of cancer care services
Kumasi is focused on improving the quality of care by standardising treatment protocols, enhancing multidisciplinary collaboration, and setting up a comprehensive cancer registry. These initiatives, supported by C/Can, are ensuring that cancer patients in Kumasi receive consistent, high-quality care.
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Community access to cancer care services
Kumasi is working with C/Can to improve patient access to care through better referral systems and patient education. Efforts are being made to overcome financial, logistical, and awareness-related barriers to cancer care, ensuring that more people in the city have access to the treatments they need.
Stories from Kumasi
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Kumasi stakeholders
Ministry of Health
Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
Ghana Health Service
Ashanti Traditional Council
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)
Peace & Love
Breast Care International
Action Care Ghana
Adehyee TV
Adiebeba Hospital
Aids for Vernarle Foundation
Aniniwah Medical Center
Asafo Boakye Hospital
Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council
Ashanti Traditional Council
Ashh-FM, Bomso Clinic
Breast Care International
Cancer Health Foundation
Center for Diabetic and Infant Mortality Prevention
County Hospital
Ghana Health Service
Global Cervical Charity Foundation
Hello FM
Histolab
Iama
Jackson Foundation
Knust Hospital
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Kumasi Cancer Registry
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
Kumasi Metro Directorate
Kumasi South Hospital
Manhyia District Hospital
Maternal and Child Health Hospital
Medilab, Ministry of Health
National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)
Network for Health Relief Foundation
Peace and Love Hospital
Resource Link Foundation
Roche, Soyuz Lab
Spectra Lab
St Benito Menni Hospital
Suntreso Government Hospital
Tafo Government Hospital
Trinity Hospital
WIllingwang Foundation
Yaa Adwobon Foundation
