Butaro Hospital Cancer Center, or Butaro Cancer Centre of Excellence, is a public, specialized, tertiary care medical facility owned by the Rwanda Ministry of Health.
Location
The facility is located adjacent to
Butaro District Hospital, in the sector of Butaro,
Burera District
Burera is a district (''Akarere'') in Northern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Cyeru.
Geography and tourism
The district lies in the northern part of Rwanda, adjacent to the Ugandan border, and between the cities of Ruhengeri and Byumba. It ...
, in the
Northern Province of
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
,
approximately , by road, north-west of
Kigali
Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
, the capital city of Rwanda.
The geographical coordinates of the facility are:1°24'33.0"S, 29°50'27.0"E (Latitude:-1.409167; Longitude:29.840833).
Overview
Butaro Cancer Centre is a cancer treatment, research, and teaching center, administered by
Butaro District Hospital, and affiliated with medical school of
University of Global Health Equity
University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) is a health sciences university in Rwanda. An initiative of Partners In Health, UGHE is a private, not-for-profit, accredited institution.
Catalytic partners that have helped to launch the University incl ...
, both of which maintain campuses adjacent to the cancer center. Administratively, the cancer center is one of the specialized units of the hospital. It is the only specialized cancer unit in Rwanda's public healthcare system.
The establishment of the centre was informed by the high number of cancer patients, primarily from rural areas, who present late in the disease cycle, when treatment choices are limited and are less effective.
Butaro Hospital and Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence were constructed and are operated by the
Rwanda government and a consortium of international development partners, including
Partners In Health
Partners In Health (PIH) is an international nonprofit public health organization founded in 1987 by Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, Thomas J. White, Todd McCormack, and Jim Yong Kim.
Partners in Health provides healthcare in the poorest areas of ...
(PIH), a Boston-based
non-profit organization
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.
History
Butera District hospital was commissioned on 25 January 2011.
In 2012 the hospital began offering cancer treatment in a ward designated as Butaro Cancer Center.
As of 2018, nearly 4,900 cancer patients had received care at the hospital, during the first six years of the center. During the same time, 66 nurses had received specialized training in cancer care at the facility.
See also
*
List of hospitals in Rwanda
This is a list of all hospitals in Rwanda.
Kigali City
* University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK)
* Hopital la Croix du Sud (HCS)
* Kacyiru Police Hospital
* Muhima Hospital
* Kibagabaga Hospital
* Kanombe Military Hospital (also Rwanda Mi ...
References
External links
US firm to ease cancer treatment, cost in RwandaAs of 10 November 2017.
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Medical research institutes in Rwanda
Burera District
2012 establishments in Rwanda
Hospitals in Rwanda
Cancer organizations