Former African cancer research powerhouse makes plans for a return to greatness.

@article{Savage2007FormerAC,
  title={Former African cancer research powerhouse makes plans for a return to greatness.},
  author={L. Crosby Savage},
  journal={Journal of the National Cancer Institute},
  year={2007},
  volume={99 15},
  pages={
          1144-5, 1151
        }
}
  • L. Savage
  • Published 1 August 2007
  • History
  • Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Atop a hill in Uganda’s capital city of Kampala sit five dilapidated single-story buildings, which squat below corrugated iron roofs. From the road, a tattered wooden board that reads “Uganda Cancer Institute” (UCI) greets visitors from its perch on an electrical pole that sporadically powers one of the buildings. Inside, beneath crumbling ceilings, patients lying on metal cots, often without mattresses, are attended to by a team of nurses and one of the two cancer doctors in the country of… 
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