National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment

𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙉𝙤 𝙏𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤 𝘿𝙖𝙮 🌍🚭.

Today, on World No To***co Day 🌍, we raise awareness about the harmful effects of to***co and encourage healthier, to***co-free lifestyles.

Every step toward quitting is a step toward better health and a brighter future 🚭💙.


***coDay
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🌙 𝗘𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧).

𝗔𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲. 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 💚

#𝗘𝗶𝗱𝗠𝘂𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗸 #𝗘𝗶𝗱𝗘𝗹𝗞𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗿 #𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧 #𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 #𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 #𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 #𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 #𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮

🅷🅰🅿🅿🆈 🅸🅳 🅴🅻 🅺🅰🅱🅸🆁 🌙✨

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful and peaceful Eid celebration 🌙✨.
May this special season bring happiness, love, good health, and countless blessings to every home.

Eid Mubarak! 💙

【ＨＡＰＰＹ　ＣＨＩＬＤＲＥＮ＇Ｓ　ＤＡＹ　👭 】

Happy Children’s Day to every amazing child! 🌟.
Today, we celebrate the joy, dreams, and endless potential of children everywhere.

Let us continue to nurture, protect, and inspire them for a brighter future 💙✨.

🅼🅴🅻🅰🅽🅾🅼🅰 🅲🅰🅽🅲🅴🆁 🎗️.

Melanoma with BRAF mutation is a serious form of skin cancer, but early diagnosis and targeted treatment can improve outcomes.

Stay informed, protect your skin, and encourage regular skin checks for early detection 💙☀️ .

𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 🏥

Bladder cancer symptoms can sometimes be mistaken for common urinary issues. Watch out for signs such as blood in urine, painful urination, frequent urination, and lower back pain.

Early detection can save lives, don’t ignore the warning signs 💙🎗️.

📰🎗️ 𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧 𝗗𝗚 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗩𝗔𝗖 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 🎗️📰

Today, the Director-General/CEO of the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, held a strategic meeting with the National Coordinator of the Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC), Dr. Abdu Mukhtar, to discuss pathways for strengthening cancer care and advancing healthcare transformation in Nigeria.

The meeting focused on deepening collaboration in key areas critical to improving cancer outcomes nationwide, including:
🔹 Leveraging data-driven decision-making to strengthen cancer control efforts
🔹 Expanding access to quality prevention, diagnosis, and oncology treatment services
🔹 Reducing dependence on medical tourism through improved local healthcare capacity
🔹 Strengthening local manufacturing and innovation across the healthcare value chain

These priorities align with the four-pillar health sector agenda championed by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Both leaders emphasized the importance of strategic partnerships, collaboration, and coordinated action in transforming Nigeria’s healthcare system and reducing the growing cancer burden across the country.

Also in attendance were members of the NICRAT leadership team, including:
▪️ Prof. Musa Ali Gombe – Director of Clinical Services
▪️ Dr. Joy Iya Benson – Head, Surveillance and Monitoring
▪️ Dr. Margaret Mendie-Sawyerr – Head, Strategy Development and Partnerships

Representing PVAC were:
▪️ Muhammad Balarabe – Head, Ecosystem Enablement Team
▪️ Maryam Modibbo
▪️ Fatima Gawuna

The engagement reflects a shared commitment to building a resilient, innovative, and sustainable healthcare system that delivers quality cancer care for all Nigerians. 💙

🌍🎗️ 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗚 𝗦𝗜𝗚 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 – 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮 🎗️🌍

The African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) presents another insightful edition of the AORTICHORG SIG Quarterly Webinar Series, featuring experts from the North African Region discussing advances in paediatric haematology and oncology research.

📅 Date: Thursday, 4 June 2026
🕚 Time: 17:00 WAT

The webinar will feature distinguished speakers from Tunisia and Morocco, with discussions focused on:
🔹 Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL)
🔹 Cytogenetic abnormalities in paediatric cancers
🔹 Molecular characterization and therapeutic strategies
🔹 Current practices and future perspectives in Africa

Moderated by Prof. Marcus Inyama Asuquo, AORTICHORG Co-chair & Professor of Haematology, University of Calabar, Nigeria.

This webinar offers a valuable opportunity for clinicians, researchers, students, and healthcare professionals to engage with leading experts and strengthen knowledge sharing across Africa.

📌 Register now and be part of the conversation advancing cancer care in Africa.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4Ty9fj0mQbqt6xxh8X90pA

𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹, 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲.

That was the message Nigeria brought to the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, where our Director General, Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, chaired a high-level panel session on Financing Cancer Care alongside Ministers, policymakers, and global health leaders like UICC President elect Dr. Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu.

The panel tackled one of the most urgent questions in global health today: how to sustainably finance cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in an era of shrinking fiscal space and competing priorities.

Nigeria's leadership highlighted practical pathways already being implemented:
• Financial protection mechanisms for cancer patients
• Expansion of screening services
• Innovative access partnerships
• Nigeria's HPV vaccination campaign one of the largest HPV vaccine introductions globally, and the largest single-round HPV vaccination campaign in Africa.

A key message from the discussion was clear: cancer financing must no longer be treated as optional, but as an essential pillar of Universal Health Coverage.

The dialogue also reinforced the importance of stronger collaboration across Governments, development partners, and the Commonwealth to drive pooled procurement, technical support, and sustainable financing solutions for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Grateful for the leadership, vision, and commitment being demonstrated to advance equitable cancer care globally.
How is your country tackling cancer financing? I'd love to hear what's working.

🎀 May is Bladder cancer awareness Month 😷

We stand together 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 to raise awareness, encourage early detection, and support everyone affected by bladder cancer. Regular check-ups and paying attention to warning signs can save lives.
🗣 Together 👭, we can spread hope, strength, and awareness 💙🎗️ .