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African countries are facing rising rates of cancer. What's being done about it?

NPR | By Durrie Bouscaren
Published July 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM MDT

Cancer diagnoses are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean regions, but care lags behind.

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