Nigeria: Impact of Covid-19 On Cancer Survivors

22 October 2020

Ayodeji Ake writes that while much attention was shifted to COVID-19 patients during the long lockdown to contain the spread, most cancer survivors on the other hand couldn't seek medical attention from their doctors, which consequently, increased cancer mortality rate

Over the years, a lot of campaigns have been reported pleading to the government for interventions on expensive cancer treatments and creation of cancer comprehensive centre across the country to reduce the burden of cancer. Also, the government has on different occasions made empty promises with nothing to show for it.

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