Tanzania, March 20 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is stepping up its fight against cancer, a growing national crisis, through a strategic partnership that could redefine how the disease is detected, studied and treated in the country.

The new memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences and University of Oxford-London, places cancer care, research and innovation at the centre of collaboration.

According to estimates from GLOBOCAN 2022, developed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Cancer has increasingly become a major public health burden in Tanzania.

The report estimates that 40,000 to 45,000 new cases are recorded annually and nearly 30,000 deaths.

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