Dr George Chagaluka
Prof Liz Molyneux, Dr Trijn Israels (PMC) & Prof Simon Bailey (RVI)
January 2009
Malawi was the first programme that World Child Cancer started supporting. We partnered with the paediatric oncology unit at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, which was led by Prof Elizabeth Molyneux for a number of years and is now led by Dr George Chagaluka.
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre is the main tertiary care centre providing diagnosis and treatment for children with cancer. The hospital diagnoses around 30% of the 1,000 expected annual cases in Malawi, mainly comprising Burkitt lymphoma and other relatively easily treatable solid tumours. The centre provides healthcare free of charge but receives government funding which is insufficient to the needs, so many costs end up falling to families to fund themselves. As one of the poorest countries in the world, this causes huge barriers for families when facing the diagnosis of a child with cancer, and results in many being forced to abandon treatment.
New cases of childhood cancer expected annually in Malawi
Children diagnosed each year at the hospital in Blantyre
Cost for treating a child with Burkitt lymphoma in Malawi
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