The World Health Organization, WHO, announced that in the year 2050, the number of cancer patients will have increased by 77%, compared to the number of patients in 2022.
The International Center for Research on Cancer ) has shown that smoking, alcohol, obesity and air pollution are the leading causes of the increase in cancer patients.
Statistics published by the WHO on Thursday, February 1, 2024, showed that although medicine has improved greatly in recent years, it has not yet eradicated cancer. These figures show that in 2022, there will be 20 million cancer patients worldwide, and nearly 10 million of them will die.
The WHO has indicated that in the year 2050, there will be 35 million new cancer patients worldwide, which is a 77% increase, compared to the number in 2022.
The WHO announced this about cancer, while the Ministry of Health (MINISANTE), also recently announced that there are some cancers that can be prevented if a person does sports.
This was announced by the Minister of Health, Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, on Sunday, February 4, 2024, during the public sport known as ‘Car Free Day’ which takes place twice a month.
Minister Nsanzimana said that with regard to the increasing number of cancers, there are ways people can prevent them by using sports.
At that time, he explained that MINISANTE wants to eliminate cervical cancer completely because it has a cure and a good treatment, but also a person can prevent it by doing sports.
He said: “This is the day we remember the evil of this disease because it has no long-term cure so far, and it kills many people in the world. We have to do something to prevent it because there is no big difference between it and other non-communicable diseases.”
The National Health Center (RBC) announced that by the end of 2023, there were 5283 cancer patients in Rwanda.
On February 4 every year, Rwanda joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Cancer Day, the theme of this year 2024, which is “Closing the gap in cancer treatment”.
Health authorities encourage people to get diagnosed with cancer at an early stage, because when it is detected it gives a chance for treatment and a cure.
