Gynecologic Oncology Sub-Specialty Training in Ghana: A Model for Sustainable Impact on Gynecologic Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gynecologic Oncology Sub-Specialty Training in Ghana: A Model for Sustainable Impact on Gynecologic Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

African women have double the risk of dying from cancer than women in high-income countries. In Ghana, most women with gynecological malignancies present with advanced-stage disease when treatment is less effective. Barriers to improved cancer outcomes include the availability of cancer screening, a...

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Main Authors: Anna Sarah Erem, Adu Appiah-Kubi, Thomas Okpoti Konney, Kwabena Amo-Antwi, Sarah G. Bell, Timothy R. B. Johnson, Carolyn Johnston, Alexander Tawiah Odoi, Emma R. Lawrence
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
medical education
trends and challenges
twenty-first century
gynecologic oncology fellowship
Ghana
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.603391/full

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