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AORTIC Africa, formed by expatriate African cancer care workers, scientists and their friends, is dedicated to the promotion of cancer control in Africa.
AORTIC's key objectives are to further research relating to cancers prevalent in Africa; support the management of training programs in oncology for health care workers, and to deal with the challenges of creating cancer control and prevention programs, as well as raising public awareness of cancer in Africa.
The Executive members of AORTIC are high-profile scientists from all over Africa volunteering as knowledge workers for the plight of the cancer patient in Africa. Their main value is their ability to gather and analyse information and make decisions that will benefit the cancer patient. They work collaboratively with other cancer organizations via conferences and the internet, sharing knowledge, learning from each other and disseminating relevant ideas and research to the cancer community.
To date, AORTIC is actively connected to the global community, with a vast electronic database as well as paper and electronic newsletters sent out quarterly in English and French. AORTIC has been represented at a number of cancer-conferences around Africa and the world, and looks forward to their sixth upcoming AORTIC conference at the CTICC in Cape Town, South Africa, from the 24-28th October 2007.
For more information about AORTIC's Executive Members click here.
To view AORTIC's Constitution click here.
Contrary to popular belief, cancer is emerging as a major health problem in Africa, and research shows that at least 5% of Africans suffer from cancer, but the incidence is rapidly rising and by the year 2010 it is projected that cancer will constitute 20% of the disease burden of Africans. Clearly knowledge is a vital tool in the fight against this pandemic, knowledge which is only made available and possible by research organisations such as AORTIC.
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