Physical Health Malawi Project #8087

Improve cancer care for 250 children in Malawi

by World Child Cancer UK

Project Report | Aug 26, 2014
Improving cancer care for children in Malawi

By Ed Minor | Operations Assistant

Dear supporters

290 children were treated last year, meaning the project exceeded its original annual target of 250.

The project continues to make excellent progress under the leadership of Professor Molyneux. Below are some of the activities of the last five months.

Regular twinning support and training for local staff
Fortnightly clinic pathological meetings held with surgeons, pathologists and radiologists
Ongoing patient and family support in the unit
Continuing follow-up visits by a clinical officer on a motorbike
Planning underway for an outpatient paediatric oncology facility
Inclusion in the Collaborative Wilms’ Tumour Africa Project, a pan-African programme to combat Wilms’ Tumour

Here are some of our objectives.

Increase nursing capacity
Establish an outpatient facility at QECH
Support patients through drug supplementation, welcome packs and follow-up
Continue healthcare and community awareness campaigns
Handover of the QECH unit to a Malawian paediatric oncologist

We appreciate your ongoing support; without the support of the global community many children suffering from cancer in Malawi would not stand a chance.

No child should suffer.

Best wishes

World Child Cancer team

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