Tanzania to beef up nuclear medicine cancer diagnostic, treatment centers

Tanzanian Ministry of Health revealed that about 44,000 new cancer cases are reported annually in Tanzania, citing the year 2020 when 40,464 new cancer cases and 26,945 cancer-related deaths were reported.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Monday that plans are underway to beef up nuclear medicine cancer diagnostic and treatment centers in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.