Assessment of breast cancer control capacities in the WHO African Region in 2022

Table of Contents

• Assessment of breast cancer control capacities in the WHO African Region in 2022 1
• Assessment of breast cancer control capacities in the WHO 2
• African Region in 2022 2
• Contents 4
• List of figures 5
• List of tables 6
• Foreword 7
• Access the report website and dashboards 8
• Acknowledgements 8
• Abbreviations 9
• Glossary 10
• Executive summary 11
• In 2022 there were 2.3 million new cases and over 666 000 deaths worldwide with sub-Saharan Africa contributing 146 130 cases and 71 662 deaths. 11
• 1. Background 13
• 2. Objectives 17
• 3. Data and methods 18
• The WHO Global We adopted a 0-1 scoring with a 1 if the item was available and 0 if not available. In some instances the scoring criteria was based on exceedance of an established WHO standard. 18
• 4. Results 19
• 5. Situation interpretation 51
• The regional level is still low with only six countries having at least one device for every 200 000 inhabitants. 55
• 6. Conclusions 58
• 7. Recommendations 59
• 8. References 61
• 9. Annexes 63
• 10. Additional results 65
• 11. The questionnaire 66