Global Health Catalyst Director meets with the Prime Minister of Cameroon on support for Mbingo Bap

On January 22, 2018, The Harvard Global Health Catalyst (GHC) Director Dr Wil Ngwa and  Dr  Dennis Palmer (New Dean of the Mbingo Biomedical Institute) met with the Prime Minister of Cameroon, His Excellency Philémon Yang to thank him for his support for the Mbingo Baptist Hospital and securing his support towards  establishment of the first Comprehensive Cancer Center at  Mbingo Baptist Hospital, North West Region, Cameroon. The GHC will be supporting the training of Cameroonian oncology health professionals and catalyzing support from the USA and Europe towards establishing this center and increasing access to cancer medicines, radiotherapy and multi-center clinical trials. A roadmap for establishing radiotherapy services at this center was first presented during the 2016 GHC summit at Harvard Medical School.