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. 2023 Mar 6:17:1517.
doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2022.1517. eCollection 2023.

The first Choosing Wisely Africa conference: a roadmap to value-based cancer care in Africa (16th December 2022, Senegal)

Melinda Mushonga  1   2 , Omar Abdihamid  3 , Christian Ntizimira  4 , Gad Murenzi  5 , Sidy Ka  6 , Nazik Hammad  7 , Fidel Rubagumya  5   8   9
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The first Choosing Wisely Africa conference: a roadmap to value-based cancer care in Africa (16th December 2022, Senegal)

Melinda Mushonga et al. Ecancermedicalscience. .

Abstract

The Choosing Wisely campaign was formally launched in 2012 and a decade later, the inaugural Choosing Wisely Africa conference was held in Dakar, Senegal on 16 December 2022 supported by ecancer. Academic partners included Ministere de la Sante et de I'Action Sociale, Senegalese Association of Palliative Care, Federation Internationale des Soins Palliatifs, Universite Cheikh Anta diop de Dakar, Societe Senegalaise de Cancerologie and King's College London. There were around 70 delegates attending in person mostly from Senegal and a further 30 joining virtually. Ten speakers gave insight into Choosing Wisely from an African perspective and Dr's Fabio Moraes and Frederic Ivan Ting shared the Choosing Wisely experience from Brazil and the Philippines, respectively. This report therefore shares the highlights of the first Choosing Wisely Africa conference guided by topics discussed.

Keywords: Choosing Wisely Africa inaugural conference report; Senegal 2022; updates and recommendations.

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