President Yoweri Museveni
The new facility has adult, paediatric, out-patient and research clinics, specimen repository, a training center, pharmacy and conference rooms.
It was built through a partnership between the Uganda Cancer Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre that seeks to reduce the global cancer burden.
The facility is the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa and will handle referrals for diagnosis and management of cancer cases, its director, Dr Jackson Orem disclosed during the launch.
Museveni advised Ugandans to embrace simple measures such as good nutrition, hygiene and immunisation in order to avoid some of the cancers that can be prevented.
He hailed the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre and the US government for funding the establishment of the new facility and pledged government support to buy more equipment.
By Taddeo Bwambale, The New Vision
