AORTIC President attends key WHO Africa meeting in Brazzaville-Congo

Professor Cesaltina Lorenzoni, begins her term as AORTIC President by attending a regional validation workshop on the new iteration of the World Health Organization’s PEN guidance – the Package of Essential Noncommunicable disease […]
President’s Blog | SSO 2025 meeting in Tampa, Florida

80% of all cancer patients will require a surgical procedure, yet in Africa, 9/10 have no access to safe, timely surgery. AORTIC will be participating in the SSO 2025 meeting […]
Andrew Odhiambo MD, FRCP, Medical Oncologist, The Nairobi Hospital, Kenya and AORTIC member

Just back from Best of ASCO Africa — the first in-person edition in Addis Ababa I was on stage talking about something I’m genuinely passionate about: helping our colorectal cancer […]
President’s Blog | The Final Lap: Building What Africa Needs Most
The Final Lap: Building What Africa Needs Most As I step into my final months as President of AORTIC my focus has never been clearer: Africa needs a ecosystem that […]
Partnership News | AORTIC-AACR

Humbled to host visiting partners American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) to AORTIC at my home institution Aga Khan Univeristy Hopsital to explore local research collaboration. AACR has been a […]
Presidents Blog | Rays of Hope at the African Union – IAEA Partnership

Rays of Hope at the African Union Some rooms stay with you. Not because they’re filled with titles and formalities, but because they’re filled with clarity. That’s what the Rays […]
AORTIC Best of ASCO Africa – Reflections from Addis, Miriam Mutebi

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President’s Blog | SSO – PAWAS

Across Africa, women are transforming surgical care, one patient, one scalpel, one breakthrough at a time. Yesterday marked Global Surgery Day, and the Pan African Women’s Association of Surgeons (PAWAS) […]