Training in Libreville, Gabon (7-16th March)
A 9-day (7-16th March) training course in Libreville, Gabon. The course was hosted by the Institut de Cancérologie de Libreville (Prof Ernest BELEMBAOGO) and partially funded by Roche. Eight international participants from six SSA countries (Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Guinea, Congo and Mali), as well as local participants attended.

CanReg (Eldoret, Kenya)
Two in-house CanReg training took place in Eldoret, Kenya. Student Alphonce Mushi (Kilimanjaro Cancer Registry, Tanzania) and student Priscilla Hlophe (Swaziland National Cancer Registry) were tutored by Ms Gladys Chesumbai (Eldoret CR), the AFCRN CanReg Instructor, each for one week. Training objectives included the use of CanReg 5, tackling actual problems encountered by the registries and common cancer registration related matters.