In this episode of OncoDaily, Dr. Gevorg Tamamyan sits down with Dr. Beatrice Addai Wiafe, Chief Executive Officer at Peace and Love Hospitals, for an inspiring conversation about her remarkable journey in medicine, cancer advocacy, and building stronger cancer care systems in Africa.
Dr. Beatrice Addai Wiafe shares about her fight for education, her journey from Ghana to medical school in the Soviet Union, and return to Ghana with determination to use her knowledge to improve healthcare in her country. She reflects on the experiences that shaped her commitment to cancer awareness.
The conversation explores how community-based breast cancer education and clinical examinations grew into a broader advocacy movement, as well as the challenges facing cancer prevention, screening, treatment, research, and access across low- and middle-income countries.
Dr. Beatrice Addai Wiafe discusses the vision for a comprehensive cancer center of excellence in Ghana, designed to expand access to cancer care, research, training, technology, AI, and international collaboration. She talks about the importance of training nurses and healthcare professionals in Ghana, prevention and early diagnosis, with the focuson creating a better and more equitable future for cancer patients across Africa.