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REGIONAL)APPROACH)TO) WORKFORCE)SHORTAGES)IN) CANCER)PREVENTION)AND) CONTROL ) Barry Kistnasamy, South Africa Overview ) Macro=perspec@ves) Human)Resource)Needs)&) Challenges)in)Africa) Capacity)building)ini@a@ves) Life


  1. REGIONAL)APPROACH)TO) WORKFORCE)SHORTAGES)IN) CANCER)PREVENTION)AND) CONTROL ) Barry Kistnasamy, South Africa

  2. Overview ) • Macro=perspec@ves) • Human)Resource)Needs)&) Challenges)in)Africa) • Capacity)building)ini@a@ves)

  3. Life Expectancy 2002, 2030 (WHO, GBD)

  4. Africa’s)Quadruple)Burden)of)Disease) • Threats)to)Health) • Natural)disasters) • Non=natural)=)Interpersonal)violence,)accidents)) • Infec@ous)Diseases) • Malaria,)TB,)HIV,)Diarrhoea) • Emerging)Epidemics) • Drug)resistance,)Avian)flu.)Lifestyle) • Epidemiological)Transi@on) • Chronic)diseases)&)injuries) • Occupa@onal)&)environmental)ill=health) • Mental)health) • Cancers)

  5. HIV)

  6. Tobacco Related Deaths

  7. Resized World Maps (Lancet. 2011)

  8. More)Illness)and)Fewer)) Health)Workers)in)Africa) WHO: Human Resources for Health, 2006

  9. LiUle)or)Non=existent)Cancer)Services) • No)access)) • Cancer)screening)&)early)diagnosis) • Treatment) • Pallia@ve)care)and)support) • Poor)infrastructure) • Health)facili@es) • Equipment) • Drugs)/)Cancer)interven@ons) • Human)resources) • Inadequate)or)non=existent) • Recruitment,)reten@on)&)professional)development) • High)costs)of)training)

  10. Inequity)in)Access)to)Radiotherapy ) Radiotherapy programmes offered by the IAEA are an essential part of the treatment of cancer There is a shortfall of over 5 000 radiotherapy machines in developing countries Source: IAEA-DIRAC (2010)

  11. Cancer)Health)Professionals)/) Infrastructure)in)Africa) • 4)oncologists)and)5)oncology)nurses)in) Zambia) • 1)oncologist)/)60m)in)Ethiopia) • Radiotherapy)services)in)23)of)53) countries)(<)5%)of)popula@on)reached)) • <)2%)of)radiotherapy)centres)globally) ) ) VUCCnet meeting, Zambia, 2012; Roche, 2010

  12. VUCCnet)Project)Vision ) Fostering African knowledge development in order to improve cancer prevention & control ! Knowledge sharing ! Capacity building ! Low-cost, high-efficiency channels (Internet) ! Train the trainers ! Avoid brain drain

  13. VUCCnet)Approach) • Build)on)exis@ng)base) • South)–)South)collabora@on) • )ICT)infrastructure) • )Hub)&)spoke) • Formally)accredited)courses) • Local)&)regional)ownership) • Sustainability)

  14. VUCCnet)Approach ) • ) Regional)Cancer)Training)Network) • )Consor@a)of)Higher)Educa@on)Ins@tu@ons)+) Cancer)Control)Service)Providers) – )develop)curricula)and)materials) – )mentoring)and)support ) • )Regionally)accepted)training)programme) – )accessible)at)lower)cost) – )blended)learning)(distance,)contact,)online)) – )experien@al)training) – )cer@fica@on) )

  15. ) VUCCnet) Pilot)Phase)1 MENTOR COUNTRIES Ghana PILOT COUNTRIES Egypt Uganda South Africa Tanzania Zambia Challenge Francophone countries English-speaking component Lusophone countries

  16. Responding)to)the)need)=)VUCCnet) • Output:)250))oncologists,)8000)nurses,) 2800)CHWs)over)next)10)years) ) !! In$Service ! Pre$Service! ! Preven,on! 1.)Community)Health)Workers ! ) ! (Cancer)Skills)Package) ! Early!Detec,on! 2.))Screening)Workers ! ) ! )(Cervical)Cancer:)VIA) ! Diagnosis!&!Treatment ! 3.)Pathology)Technicians) 5.)Radia@on)Therapy)Technicians) ) ) 4.)Surgeons ! 6.)Clinical)Oncologists)) (Surgical)Oncology)Modules) ! ) ) ! 7.)Oncology)Nurses) ) 8.)Pathologists ! Pallia,ve!Care! 9.)Pallia@ve)Care)prac@@oners ! ) ! (Short)Courses) ! ) ! Surveillance! 10.)Data)Collectors ! ) !

  17. Progress)to)date) • Developed)governance)framework) • Held)policy)harmonisa@on) workshop) • Piloted)online)cervical)cancer) training) • List)of)ac@vi@es)and)budget)

  18. Acknowledgements) • UICC) • IAEA)) • Partners)within)VUCCnet) • Partners)across)the)IAEA)PACT) programme)) )

  19. Together)we)can!) Barry.kistnasamy@nioh.nhls.ac.za +27 – 11 - 7126413

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