City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) shared on LinkedIn:
“Improving cancer care across a city takes more than one strong institution. It needs the people who set policy, run hospitals and represent patients working from the same plan.
In March 2026, Kampala joined C/Can through a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Kampala Capital City Authority, the Ministry of Health, the Uganda Cancer Institute, and the Uganda Cancer Society. From 26 to 30 October 2026, that commitment took shape.
The inaugural meeting of the Kampala City Executive Committee formally established the body that will lead the initiative and hold it locally. The City Technical Committee then met for the first time to coordinate the technical work ahead and prepare the next phase: the first city-wide needs assessment of cancer care services.
Alongside the meetings, City Manager Kenneth Nyehoora Mugumya, together with Sophie Bussmann-Kemdjo, Alfredo Polo and Paola Maldonado from C/Can, visited institutions across the city, including Mulago National Referral Hospital, the Uganda Cancer Institute(UCI) and Hospice Africa Uganda.
The next phase for the city is the needs assessment which will give Kampala a shared, evidence-based picture of where care is working and where the gaps are, so the solutions that follow are designed by those who will deliver them.
C/Can would like to thank all of its partners, and particularly the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation and Sanofi, for their support to our engagement in Kampala.”
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