ADDIS ABABA -- The Ethiopian Ministry of Health has announced plans that it will open five specialist cancer treatment centres across the country. The government has allocated a budget of 80 million US dollars for construction and medical equipment for the centres, he added. Cancer, which was a problem of developed countries, has now also become a serious health problem in developing countries. Although the disease now afflict a broad cross section of Ethiopian society, treatment for cancer was only available at the Black Lion Specialist Hospital in Addis Ababa, Dr. Bisrat said. According to the World Health Organization, cancer is responsible for nearly one in six deaths globally.

Source: Ethiopian News December 26, 2017 06:45 UTC