NCPP is an umbrella vehicle for all the cancer prevention initiatives of mass medical mission. It was formally launched by the then First Lady represented by the Honourable Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development on the 18th of October, 2008. The National Cancer Prevention Programme (NCPP) is a nonprofit initiative of mass medical mission…
CANCER — A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF MANKIND Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are now responsible for over 70% of global deaths each year, with cancer being a leading cause of death and the single most important barrier to increasing life expectancy in every country of the world in the 21stcentury. One out of five persons…
The latest data from World Health Organization (W.H.O.) shows that cancer is now responsible for almost 1 in 6 deaths globally. Each year 9.7 million people die from cancer. Sadly, about two-thirds of these deaths occur in developing countries like Nigeria. Again, according to WHO, Nigeria has had a significant increase in the incidence of…