Reflections on 20 years of the Wilms Africa project: Lessons learned and the way forward
Wilms tumour (WT) is one of the common and curable childhood cancer types included in the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC) to monitor progress. Local evidence is key to finding effective and sustainable solutions to local challenges to improve care and survival. Local evidence generated by the Wilms Africa project is summarised with recommendations for the future.
Authors
- Steve Kamiza
- Lorna Renner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7902-773X)
- Vivian Paintsil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8965-0549)
- Annelies M. C. Mavinkurve‐Groothuis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6984-3626)
- Kathy Pritchard‐Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2384-9475)
- Nickhill Bhakta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5282-7833)
- Eric S. Borgstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6491-5152)
- Trijn Israëls (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4309-4994)
- Francine Kouya
- Elizabeth Molyneux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5479-5900)
- Leo Masamba
- George Chagaluka
- Brenda Mallon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6035-0254)
- André Ilbawi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-6595)
- Joyce Kambugu Balagadde
Institutions
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Institut Gustave Roussy (FR)
- Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Applied Research in Acoustics (United States) (US)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CM)
- Uganda Cancer Institute (UG)
- Princess Máxima Center (NL)
- Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology (MW)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Blood & Cancer
- Published
- 2024-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.31386
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Renal and related cancers
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.47