Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, UICC President-Elect of 2024-2026, Founder and CEO of the Medicaid Cancer Foundation, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“It was a pleasure to receive Professor Lydia Aziato, Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences Ghana (UHAS), and in all aspects, a highly accomplished woman.
Her position as the first nurse in Ghana to attain a professorship, and then also, the first female Vice Chancellor of UHAS; is indicative of how women excel when given the opportunity.
Our conversation focused on one critical truth: the rising cancer burden in Africa cannot be addressed without deliberate and sustained investment in the oncology nursing workforce.
Through our work at MEDICAID CANCER FOUNDATION, in partnership with City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) Nigeria, we support structured initiatives that strengthen oncology nursing leadership and service delivery across Africa.
In this regard, one of our long-standing nurses at Medicaid, Nurse Kallamu, was sponsored through the Oncology Nurse Leadership Programme (ONLEP), implemented in partnership with the UHAS, the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care ISNCC, and Amgen.
This programme is designed to strengthen oncology nursing leadership and clinical competencies through a blended learning model, equipping nurses with skills in leadership, psycho-oncology, research, and quality improvement.
Within the broader C/Can network, cities such as Kumasi (Ghana) and Rwanda are also engaged in this structured capacity-building and training programmes.
It was admirable and kind of Prof Lydia to check on her mentee Kamal to assess the impact of his new training in his interphase with cancer patients.
Progress in cancer control will depend on how seriously we invest in people, in systems, and in partnerships that outlast individual projects.”
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