Barriers to care for newly diagnosed children with cancer from Bungoma County after an awareness campaign: insights from parental interviews and registry data
The campaign did not increase cancer diagnoses, highlighting ongoing barriers to timely access to childhood cancer care. Addressing these barriers is essential for improving access to childhood cancer care. Factors such as healthcare worker strikes, supply shortages, and treatment seeking at other facilities may have contributed to the lower-than-expected numbers.
Authors
- Lilian Apadet Osamong
- Festus Njuguna
- Larissa Klootwijk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1928-2250)
- Steven van de Vijver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9174-7737)
- Gertjan J.L. Kaspers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-8475)
- Terry A. Vik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9883-0568)
- Sally Kimaiyo
Institutions
- Moi University (KE)
- Emma Kinderziekenhuis (NL)
- Princess Máxima Center (NL)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- AMPATH (KE)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2025-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-15098-5
- Primary Topic
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00