Current status of African pediatric oncology education efforts aligned with the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer,Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

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Current status of African pediatric oncology education efforts aligned with the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology ( IF 1.2 ) Pub Date : 2022-09-09 , DOI: 10.1080/08880018.2022.2117882
Jaques van Heerden _{1,

2,

3} , Irumba Lisa Christine ₄ , Julia Downing _{5,

6} , Alan Davidson ₇ , Laila Hessissen ₈ , Judy Schoeman ₉ , Elena J Ladas ₁₀ , Hafeez Abdelhafeez ₁₁ , Shauna Georgia Odongo Arao ₃ , Atalay Mulu Fentie ₁₂ , Sherif Kamal ₁₃ , Jeannette Parkes ₁₄ , Thurandrie Naiker ₁₄ , Adri Ludick ₁₅ , Joyce Balagadde-Kambugu ₃ , Jennifer Geel ₁₆

Affiliation

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
Advocacy and Research Officer, Palliative Care Association of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
International Children's Palliative Care Network, Bristol, UK.
Palliative care Education and Research Consortium, Kampala, Uganda.
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Service, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Pediatric Oncology Department, Children's Hospital, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Department of Surgery, St. Jude Children Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, School of Pharmacy, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Pharmacy Manager, Children's Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Program Development Manager, Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa (CHOC) National Office, Johannesburg, South Africa.
University of the Witwatersrand, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Abstract

Education of the pediatric oncology workforce is an important pillar of the World Health Organization CureAll technical package. This is not only limited to healthcare workers, but all stakeholders in the childhood cancer management process. It includes governmental structures, academic institutions, parents and communities. This review evaluated the current educational and advocacy training resources available to the childhood cancer community, the contribution of SIOP Africa in the continental educational needs and evaluated future needs to improve the management of pediatric malignancies in reaching the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer goals. Childhood cancer, unlike adult cancers, has not been prioritized in African cancer control plans nor the teaching and advocacy surrounding pediatric oncology. The availability of formal training programs for pediatric oncologists, pediatric surgeons and radiotherapy specialists are limited to particular countries. In pharmacy and nutritional services, the exposure to pediatric oncology is limited while training in advocacy doesn’t exist. Many nonacademic stakeholders are creating the opportunities in Africa to gain experience and train in these various fields, but formal training programs should still be advocated for.

LEARNING POINTS
The African continent has various resources to increase the capacity of childhood cancer care stakeholders to increase their knowledge.
African pediatric oncology teams rely on a multitude of international sources for training while developing their own.
There is a greater need for formal, standardized cancer training especially for pediatric surgeons, radio-oncologists and nurses.
Greater inclusion of pathologists, pediatric oncology pharmacists and dieticians into multidisciplinary care and childhood cancer training should be facilitated and resourced.
Successful advocacy programs and tool kits exist in parts of Africa, but the training in advocacy is still underdeveloped.

中文翻译：

非洲儿科肿瘤学教育工作与全球儿童癌症倡议相一致的现状

摘要

儿科肿瘤学人员的教育是世界卫生组织 CureAll 技术包的重要支柱。这不仅限于医护人员，还包括儿童癌症管理过程中的所有利益相关者。它包括政府机构、学术机构、家长和社区。本次审查评估了儿童癌症界当前可用的教育和宣传培训资源、SIOP Africa 对非洲大陆教育需求的贡献，并评估了改善儿科恶性肿瘤管理以实现全球儿童癌症倡议目标的未来需求。与成人癌症不同，儿童癌症并未在非洲癌症控制计划或儿科肿瘤学的教学和宣传中得到优先考虑。儿科肿瘤科医生、儿科外科医生和放射治疗专家的正式培训计划仅限于特定国家。在药学和营养服务中，对儿科肿瘤学的接触有限，而且不存在宣传培训。许多非学术利益相关者正在非洲创造机会，以获得这些不同领域的经验和培训，但仍应提倡正式的培训计划。