Rethinking the road to cancer care in Rwanda

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A health systems fellow visited Rwanda’s Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence, which was then the country’s only publicly accessible facility providing comprehensive oncology services. The article examines pathways to cancer care and the role of specialized treatment centers in Rwanda.

While studying health systems around the world during a yearlong fellowship, Abel Sapirstein traveled to northern Rwanda to visit Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence, which at the time was the country's only publicly accessible facility to offer comprehensive oncology services.