Shifting the center of gravity for addressing the rising cancer disease burden in Africa: A rationale for African-based integrative infectious diseases and oncology research

Robert F Breiman¹, Georgia Demetriou^{1

2}, Gita Naidu^{1

3}, Maria A Papathanasopoulos^{1

4}, Paul Ruff^{1

5}, Shabir A Madhi^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Wits Infectious Diseases and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Paediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ HIV Pathogenesis Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ South African Medical Research Council Common Epithelial Cancers Research Centre (CECRC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁶ South Africa Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Robert F Breiman et al. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023.

. 2023 May 31;3(5):e0001970.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001970. eCollection 2023.

Robert F Breiman¹, Georgia Demetriou^{1

2}, Gita Naidu^{1

3}, Maria A Papathanasopoulos^{1

4}, Paul Ruff^{1

5}, Shabir A Madhi^{1

6}

¹ Wits Infectious Diseases and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Paediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ HIV Pathogenesis Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ South African Medical Research Council Common Epithelial Cancers Research Centre (CECRC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁶ South Africa Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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