AMCC WORKSHOP

AMCC Workshop in ISOO AFRICA - Monday August 21, 2023

Alliance Mondiale Contre le Cancer (AMCC) is a French non-profit organization focusing on retinoblastoma care in sub-Saharan Africa since 2011. The first program was conducted in Mali, Madagascar, Lubumbashi DRC, Senegal and Ivory Coast, with the support of Sanofi Espoir. A second program started in 2019 with the support of a Swiss foundation and was extended to most francophone, as well as many anglophones countries in the region.

The spectrum of AMCC work includes programs for early diagnosis of retinoblastoma, training programs for physicians, supply of equipment including diode laser, ophthalmoscope, cryotherapy devices and fundus cameras, and data collection as part of research studies.

AMCC hold regular periodic meetings with its members – physical and virtual.

In ISOO AFRICA we will hold a 3-hour workshop and discuss various aspects of retinoblastoma management and outcome, as well as interventions for early diagnosis and research topics. The full program, speakers and topics will be published shortly.

3-Hour and 15 Minutes Session

Panel 1: Results of retinoblastoma in 2022 (diagnosis stage and treatments applied)

Part 1:

Kenya

Kahaki Kimani , Kenya

Ouganda

Anne Musika , Ouganda

Tanzania

Neema Moshi , Tanzania

Rwanda

Théophile Tuyisabe, Rwanda

Discussion/feedback

Part 2:

Ethiopia

Bezawit Tadegegne , Ethiopia

Mozambique

Mariamo Saide Abdala Mbofana, , Mozambique

Ghana

Vera Essuman , Ghana

French speaking coutries (Dakar, Abidjan, Niamey)

Paule Aida

Discussion/feedback

Break

Panel 2 : Early diagnosis program and Data Collection

Part 1: Early diagnosis

Introductory report : Kenya

Kahaki Kimani, Kenya

Ghana with World Child Cancer

Discussion and feedback/Round table with all participants

Part 2: Data collection

Introductory report : Ghana

Vera Essuman, Ghana

Discussion and feedback/Round table with all participants