A team from Cambridge visited partners at the Uganda Cancer Institute. Over the last two years the team have worked to implement emergency chemotherapy protocols, so the visit was an opportunity to understand the implementation of the protocols , and to agree plans for training and collaboration going forward.
Patient and family education leaflets
Whilst the team were in Kampala, the first of a series of booklets developed by the partnership teams and Cambridge University students were published. Max Tagg and Jess Knight undertook their medical elective in the partnership last summer and have worked to develop information leaflets for children with cancer and their families at UCI. In the picture , patient Susan and her mum Gertrude receive a leaflet. Until now, no patient and family education resources existed with explanation and guidance on childhood cancer diagnosis and treatment. Lack of understanding by patients and their families was identified as a reason for high rates of treatment abandonment.
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