TANZANIA CANCER CONTROL - CODEL INC. COORDINATION IN DEVELOPMENT

TO OBTAIN RELIABLE DATA ON CANCER INCIDENCE & MORTALITY,EXISTING & INCOMING DATA OF THE TANZANIA TUMOR REGISTRY WILL BE COMPUTERIZED; THE CLINICAL RECORDS OF A NO OF REPRESENTATIVE HOSPITALS WILL BE REVIEWED; AND THE RESULTS OF A HOUSE-TO-HOUSE HEALTH SURVEY OF THE HANANG DISTRICT CONDUCTED UNDER ANOTHER AID/CODEL PROJ WILL BE EVALUATED.NOTEWORTHY STATISTICAL INFORMATION GENERATED BY THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE PUBLISHED IN A YEARLY REPORT. PROJECT"S TRAINING COMPONENT COMPRISES: 1)TRAINING OF 3 PHYSICIANS IN CHEMOTHERAPY & RADIOTHERAPY AT HOWARD UNIV (HU)AND THE UNIV OF DAR-ES-SALAAM (UDS); 2)A CANCER CONTINUING EDUC PROGRAM FOR PHYSICIANS ORGANIZED WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE TANZANIAN MOH,THE UDS,AND THE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL BOARD (CMB)OF TANZANIA; 3)LECTURES ON THE WHOLE CANCER PROBLEM FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS OF UDS; 4)TRAINING OF 5 ALLIED SCIENTISTS TO MAINTAIN ALL THE ONCOLOGY EQPMNT IN TANZANIA; 5)ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCHOOL AT THE MMC TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN RADIATION & MEDICAL ONCOLOGY,AND CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY,ETIOLOGY,PREVENTIO,DETECTION,TREATMENT & REHABILITATION FOR "ONCOLOGY TECHNOLOGISTS", 6)DEVELOPMENT & DISTRIB OF PAMPHLETS & A/V MATLS ON CANCER DETECTION & PREVENTION TO OTHER TANZANIAN HEALTH WORKERS. RESEARCH AT THE MMC ON THE FOLLOWING CANCERS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY PROJ FUNDING; CERVIX, SKIN CANCER ON LOWER LEGS; SKIN CANCER IN ALBINOS; LIVER; ESOPHAGUS; STOMACH; KAPOSI"S SARCOMA; BURKITT"S LYMPHOMA; RETINOBLASTOMA; BRAIN, BONE TESTIS & KIDNEY TUMORS; AND LYMPHOMAS, LEUKEMIA. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITIES AT MMC FOR EXAMINING PATIENTS, DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP, FOR WAITING, AND FOR INTRACAVITARY & INTERSTITIAL RADIOTHERAPHY WILL ALSO BE ASSISTED BY GRANT.