As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), 70% of cancer patients in low and middle income countries (LMICs) experience financial hardship and avoid embarking on or completing their care journey to avoid catastrophic financial shortfalls. The development of universal health coverage (UHC) policies by public payers is a vital step reward, but this alone is unlikely to achieve the UHC objective of comprehensive, quality and innovative cancer care by 2030.
Innovative financing presents promising opportunities to bridge existing UHC gaps, provided solutions are crafted to the local context and to a targeted affordability issue. However, due to lack of collaboration, most interventions remain trapped in silos and cannot be scaled as accessible solutions for patients .
To raise awareness of local financing innovations and initiate collaborations that remove barriers to accessible, innovative financing for cancer care in City Cancer Challenge =( C/Can) cities and beyond.
C/Can is fostering the development of a collaboration platform empowering LMICs to share their solutions in innovative ways and discuss how to collaborate and scale their impact.
The programme’s workshops have brought experts from local and international private companies together with ,development finance professionals and C/Can stakeholders, enabling them to examine real-life projects and co-develop concrete solutions at scale.
27 experts have attended the workshops and led to the development of three local innovations.
We are constantly exploring new ways to improve access to cancer treatment in Sub Saharan Africa, but we cannot scale our actions alone, which is why we need a platform to exchange ideas and drive local collaboration on innovative finance
To contribute to the organisation’s gender equity strategy, C/Can has put together a working group to generate recommendations on how to build gender-responsive health systems.
Providing seed funding to support researchers in C/Can’s network of cities, who are investigating health system research projects through an implementation science lens.
Improving diagnostics, treatment and drug delivery processes in the Paraguayan health system for HER2-positive positive breast cancer patients, and strengthening information systems in selected public hospitals. This is to support the avoidance of misdiagnosis and support the delivery of the appropriate cancer drug at an optimal time for patients.
Providing health authorities in Tbilisi with a budget impact analysis of including cancer diagnostics as part of the country’s Universal Healthcare Programme (UHC)
Foster the development of a global coalition for cancer diagnostics
Discussion series on strengthening a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care and developing patient management guidelines
Enablement of knowledge-transfer among cancer care professionals to channel connected health and embed global perspectives into local solutions.
Palliative care training for cancer care professionals in Yangon, Kumasi and Kigali
Fostering an innovation mindset and power skills to drive change
Closing gender disparities in the healthcare sector and enhancing the capacity of women oncologists to lead change
Developing a syllabus to provide training in the management of childhood cancers for primary health care professionals.
An online knowledge-transfer programme will enhance cities’ capacity to exchange experiences and consultation opportunities.
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