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Global Health Care Provider Support

As compared to the United States, with one oncologist per 137 cancer patients, oncologists in low- and middle-income countries are caring for thousands of patients each, while also lacking the appropriate hospital infrastructure. We have a multipronged approach to supporting health care providers and professionals in implementing hospital strengthening initiatives that improve cancer services and outcomes.

Workforce Strengthening

Comprehensive infrastructure development can avert 14 times the number of cancer deaths in low- and middle-income countries as compared to high-income countries. We create sustainable quality improvement trainings adapted to the local context that strengthen health systems.

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ChemoSAFE

Occupational safety protects staff, patients, and the environment and creates a culture of safety. The ChemoSAFE toolkit provides self-service dynamic training aids to integrate safe chemotherapy handling practices by raising awareness, providing education, changing administrative operations, and advocating for infrastructure needs.
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Treat the Pain

Cancer pain remains a common and distressing symptom during treatment and in survivorship and is frequently undertreated in lower-resource settings. Treat the Pain provides tools to develop and improve national policy, hospital standard operating procedures, and continuing education for health care providers.

Regional Coalitions

We have a long history of working with local partners to optimize efforts, build consensus, and maximize connectivity. A key component of the Global Academy is supporting networks such that providers can coalesce best practices, collectively strengthen health systems and feel less isolated. Through the Global Academy, we aim to further collaborative networks to build synergistic work.

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African Cancer Coalition

The African Cancer Coalition brings together over 300 oncology providers from over 20 African countries to work together on quality improvement initiatives such as adaptation of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network treatment guidelines and implementation of workforce strengthening.

ACS Global Academy

Our global team develops dynamic and practical resources for use in diverse settings across the cancer continuum of care. The Global Academy provides access to these resources with a focus on sustainable approaches to not only Learn but also Take Action.

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