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CALABAR CANCER REGISTRY

CALABAR CANCER REGISTRY. Professor Ima-Obong Ekanem, FMCPath Director Department of Pathology University of Calabar Teaching Hospital Calabar, Cross-River State NIGERIA Cancer Registration Workshop Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Abuja, 7- 9 -09. MAP OF NIGERIA.

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CALABAR CANCER REGISTRY

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  1. CALABAR CANCER REGISTRY Professor Ima-Obong Ekanem, FMCPath Director Department of Pathology University of Calabar Teaching Hospital Calabar, Cross-River State NIGERIA Cancer Registration Workshop Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Abuja, 7- 9 -09

  2. MAP OF NIGERIA POPULATION SIZE: 140 Million(2006 Census)

  3. BACKGROUND • LOCATION: Department of Pathology • PIONEER DIRECTOR: Prof. Ed’ B Attah a Pathologist • YEAR REGISTRY STARTED: 1983 as Hospital Based. • TYPE: Population - Based Registry since 2004 • POPULATION COVERAGE: Six local governments; Akamkpa, Akpabuyo, Biase, Calabar Municipality, Calabar South, and Odukpani local government areas. • POPULATION SIZE: 1,155,169(Source: National Population Commission 2006 census) • STAFF: Director, Consultant Pathologist, Acting Registrar(SAS) Clerical Officer, Youth Corper (Data entry clerk) • DATA COLLECTION: Active case finding by registry staff

  4. OBJECTIVES . • To engage in active data collection on all new cancer cases • To provide counselling services to cancer patients and their families • To create awareness on the warning signs and causes of cancer • To facilitate the formation of a cancer patient support group

  5. ACTIVITIES • To engage in active data collection on all cancer cases • To provide counselling services to cancer patients and their families • To create public awareness on the warning signs and causes of cancer • To facilitate the formation of a cancer patient support group • To store, analyse and disseminate information on common cancers in the community

  6. CHALLENGES • Accomodation inadequate • Personnel not adequate • Transportation nil • Manpower development occassional • Funding irregular • Advisory committee newly formed • Lack of vital statistics • Patients’ addresses inaccurate • Age of patients often unknown or inaccurate, birth certificates not available for verification • Death certification not compulsory • Population census data difficult to obtain • Lack of political will to support cancer registration by Govt

  7. NEEDS • Space for office accomodation • Additional staff viz: epidemiologist,Nurse, computer operator/secretary • Transportation e.g. field vehicle • Communication facilities including internet access • Financial support for office maintainance and staff emolument • Manpower training in cancer registration and epidemiology • Annual budgetary allocation by Government

  8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT • Chief Medical Director, U.C.T.H. Calabar, Prof. E.E.J.Asuquo • HOD, Department of Pathology, U.C.T.H. Calabar, Dr. Ima-Abasi Bassey • IARC, Lyon France • WHO, AFRO and Nigeria • Staff of the Calabar Cancer Registry

  9. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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