Of the 18.5 million new cancer cases discovered as of 2023, 42 per cent of 10.4 million cancer deaths were preventable.
The study analysed 47 cancer types across 204 countries from 1990 to 2023.
The national chairman of ACPN, Ambrose Ezeh, made the call on Thursday in Abuja in a statement commemorating the 2025 World Pharmacists Day.
The Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, has announced his country’s plans to build Africa’s first local insulin production facility in Nigeria.
Ebere Okereke said it also identified Africa as a priority region, citing outbreak risks, population growth, and strategic minerals.
The National Health Insurance Authority has celebrated a landmark delivery at the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital, Azare.
He said that the association had issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Oyo State government on Sept. 18.
He said the findings followed a needs assessment carried out in 84 of the council’s 256 communities.
Twenty-five people have already died – 12 of them children.
Muhammad Saleh, a senior emergency management specialist at the U.S. CDC, attributed the feat to the partnership between Nigeria and the centre.
