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    • A member of the Grant Award judging panel asks a question to one of the presenting companies (Picture credits: City Cancer Challenge/Nii Okai Djarbeng)
    • Winners of the Grant Award, representatives from Penless Data Solutions and SIDRID Ltd, pictured with the six-member judging panel, chaired by Dr Akosua Gyimah Omari-Sasu, Director of Health Services from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, as well as the local team from City Cancer Challenge. (Picture credits:City Cancer Challenge/Nii Okai Djarbeng)
    • Winners of the Grant Award: Representatives from Penless Data Solutions and SIDRID Ltd presenting their pitch to the judging panel (Picture credits: City Cancer Challenge/Nii Okai Djarbeng)
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Judging Panel of Health and Technology Experts announces Winner of C/Can’s Live Pitch & Grant Award to develop Kumasi’s First City-wide Laboratory Network

The robust selection process has helped to set the standard for the way that digital health solutions are assessed, selected, and developed in Kumasi

Six technology vendors from around the world, including Ghana, Nigeria, the Philippines and South Africa, participate in live pitch event in Kumasi; the announcement begins the next phase of developing and implementing a city-wide laboratory information management system. Today, the judging panel chaired by Dr Akosua Gyimah Omari-Sasu, Director of…

City Cancer Challenge Foundation (C/Can)
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City Cancer Challenge to meet with Ghana’s Minister of Health to discuss progress in cancer care on 30 November

The focus of the first-time meeting will be to share progress of the ongoing activities of the C/Can city initiative in Kumasi to improve equitable access to quality cancer care

City Cancer Challenge Foundation (www.CityCancerChallenge.org) (C/Can) CEO, Dr Susan Henshall and Regional Director for Africa and Eastern Europe, Sophie Bussmann-Kemdjo, will meet with the Hon. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, Ghana’s Minister for Health on Tuesday 30 November as part of an official visit to the country.   The focus of the first-time meeting…

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City of Kumasi to advance local cancer care projects with international support

A city initiative to strengthen timely and accurate cancer diagnosis will be implemented in cooperation with City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

City Cancer Challenge (C/Can) (CityCancerChallenge.org) today announced that the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has committed to bolster efforts to improve cancer care in Kumasi through a six-month project, “Strengthening Health Systems Capacities to meet local needs”. Building on an existing collaboration between C/Can and the…