Shedding Some Light on Skin Cancer in Tanzania

According to the World Health Organisation between 2 and 3 million non-melanoma skin cancers and 132,000 melanoma skin cancers occur globally each year. WHO estimates that there are 50,000 cancer cases in Tanzania each year and 2.8% of those cases are for skin cancer.

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