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Kenyon Chipman

Publication Date

1-1-2025

Keywords

cancer prevention, Zimbabwe, mortality rate

Volume

2025

Abstract

In the wake of the AIDS/HIV epidemic, rates of non-communicable diseases such as cancer have increased. Although AIDS/HIV and other cancer-associated communicable diseases like HPV are on the decline, these diseases have laid the foundation for the rising cancer epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. While infectious diseases remain major contributors to the development of cancer, poor prevention and detection of cancer acts as the central catalyst in the nation’s inflated morbidity and mortality rate. A general lack of knowledge about the basics of cancer for both patients and health professionals, along with the barriers to preventative and detective resources and services, are the main contributors to poor prevention and detection rates. Ultimately, insufficient prevention and detection efforts lead patients to Issue Briefs About Contact receive a late diagnosis of the disease, leaving them to navigate a complicated, expensive, and uncoordinated health care system, which can have lasting negative effects on patients and their families. The most effective way to decrease the amount of avoidable cancer deaths in Zimbabwe and in other Sub-Saharan African nations will come through building partnerships between various organizations to train local health professionals, coordinating nationwide vaccinations, and implementing upscale preventative and detective projects.

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