Miriam Mutebi, Breast Surgical Oncologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Aga Khan University Hospital, shared a post on X:
“Everyone wants to fund medical innovation.
New drugs. Better imaging. Precision oncology.
But in 18 years of practice, the innovation African women need most isn’t medical.
It’s systemic.
We already have the tools to save lives. We know how to detect breast cancer early. We have chemotherapy, surgery, radiation that work. What we don’t have is systems that deliver these tools consistently, affordably, and equitably.
The innovation gap isn’t in the lab.
We don’t need better chemotherapy, we need systems that stock it continuously. We may not need new surgical techniques, we need healthcare that doesn’t bankrupt families. The limiting factor has never been medical knowledge, but political will.
The innovations we actually need require no medical breakthroughs. Only resource allocation. And the will to build systems around actual human lives.”
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