She said the initiative marked a shift from planning to implementation.
he Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday inaugurated nine priority projects under the Abuja City Cancer Programme to strengthen the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer across the city.
At the inauguration, Adedolapo Fasawe, the mandate secretary of the Health Services and Environment Secretariat, said the initiative marked a shift from planning to implementation after more than 30 months of preparation and stakeholder engagement.
“Today marks a pivotal transition from planning to action. We are moving from design to implementation, from ideas to impact,” she said.
Ms Fasawe, who also chairs the City Executive Committee, said the projects were developed through a city-wide needs assessment and a structured co-creation process involving multiple stakeholders.
She said, “Through this process, we generated strong, evidence-based insights into the gaps and challenges that exist across the cancer care continuum.”
According to her, the nine projects cover health systems coordination, quality of care, imaging, pathology, laboratory services, systemic therapy, radiotherapy, and cancer surgery.
“Together, they form a coordinated framework that will strengthen our health system and improve access to quality cancer services for residents of Abuja,” she said.
