CancerWorld shared on LinkedIn:
“When Cesaltina Lorenzoni Ferreira Lorenzoni chose pathology, Mozambique had only three Mozambican pathologists.
Cancer data were scarce, and much of the country’s cancer burden remained invisible.
She helped change that – building cancer registries, strengthening pathology and turning data into evidence that could shape policy.
Today, as the first AORTIC President from a Portuguese-speaking African country, her ambition reaches further: an Africa that does not simply follow global cancer priorities, but helps define them.
‘We need to move from research being done in Africa to research being led by Africa.’
From the microscope in Maputo to cancer leadership across the continent, her story is about making cancer visible – and making African voices impossible to overlook.
Read the cover story by Gevorg Tamamyan here: Making Cancer Visible in Lusophone Africa: The Pathologist Who Built a System.”
Other articles featuring Cesaltina Lorenzoni on OncoDaily.
