The Kenya cancer research and control stakeholder program: Evaluating a bilateral partnership to strengthen national cancer efforts.

Autor: Morgan C; U.S. National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health, United States., Cira M; Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Consultant, supporting the Center for Global Health at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, United States.; Kenya Network of Cancer Organizations, Kenya., Karagu A; National Cancer Institute of Kenya, Kenya.; Division of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Kenya., Asirwa FC; Indiana University, Indianapolis, United States.; Moi University/Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital's Academic Model of Providing Access to HealthCare (AMPATH), Kenya., Brand NR; Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Consultant, supporting the Center for Global Health at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, United States.; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States., Buchanan Lunsford N; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States., Dawsey SM; U.S. National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, United States., Galassi A; U.S. National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health, United States., Korir A; Kenya National Cancer Registry, Centre for Clinical Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya., Kupfer L; U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center, Center for Global Health Studies., Loehrer PJ Sr; Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, United States., Makumi D; Kenya Network of Cancer Organizations, Kenya.; The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya., Muchiri L; School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya., Sayed S; The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya., Topazian H; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States., Welch J; U.S. National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health, United States., Williams MJ; U.S. National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health, United States., Duncan K; U.S. National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of cancer policy [J Cancer Policy] 2018 Sep; Vol. 17, pp. 38-44. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Mar 25.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpo.2017.03.012
Abstrakt: Background: In response to a growing cancer burden and need for improved coordination among stakeholders in Kenya, the US National Cancer Institute and the Kenya Ministry of Health collaboratively hosted a stakeholder meeting in 2014 which identified four priority areas of need (research capacity building, pathology and cancer registries, cancer awareness and education, and health system strengthening) and developed corresponding action plans.
Methods: Surveys were conducted with participants to collect input on the progress and impact of the 2014 stakeholder meeting.
Findings: Of 69 eligible participants, 45 responded from academia, healthcare institutions, civil society, government, and international agencies. Of the four technical focus areas, three have continued to conduct working group meetings and two have conducted in-person meetings to review and update their respective action plans. Accomplishments linked to or enhanced by t meeting include: Kenyan and international support for expansion of population-based cancer registries, increased availability of prioritized diagnostic tests in selected regional referral hospitals, a greater focus on development of a national cancer research agenda, strategic planning for a community education strategy for cancer awareness, and improved coordination of partners through in-country technical assistance.
Interpretation: The Stakeholder Program has successfully united individuals and organizations to improve cancer control planning in Kenya, and has enhanced existing efforts and programs across the country. This model of partners working in parallel on prioritized track activities has supported development of long term coordination of cancer research and control activities sustainable by the Kenyan government and Kenyan institutions.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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