Life changing tech for cancer patients, doctors and medical industry
The road to improvement
What do we do?
We are a sustainable tech company with a commercial business model to support the mission of Afri-Onc. We register cancer patients and make guidelines and clinical trials more available for doctors in Africa.
“Conform the standards of the IKNL, we are making impact on cancer diagnosis treatment and outcome in Africa”
Cancer registration
Afri-Onc is implementing a state of the art digital registration solution for doctors. Based on the TNM system, published by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). This system is a globally recognised standard for classifying the extend of spread of cancer.
Treatment
Our tool also records:
- The treatment (Surgery, Radiotherapy, Systemic therapy).
- The intention of the treatment (Curative, Palliative).
- Participation in Clinical Trials which are indispensable for improving cancer care in Africa.
Outcome
In the end it’s all about the results of the treatment. That’s why we monitor the overall and disease free survival and report the quality of life.
Making
Impact
One million people could die of cancer annually in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 without urgent actions, experts warn.
Afri-Onc is a start-up specialized in strengthening cancer information and research, including cancer registration.
Our mission statement is: “Making impact on cancer diagnosis, treatment and outcome in Africa”
Photo: AFP
It all starts with registration…
The beginning
Cancer Information & Research
Where?
Rwanda; a beautiful and promising country in the center of Africa, with approximately 13 million inhabitants and about 8000 new cancer cases per year. (Globocan data)
We work in close cooperation with well motivated Rwandese health care professionals. The capital city Kigali is hosting the ‘Medical Tech-Hub’ in Africa. A perfect place tot start!
The future goal is to expand our product to other African countries.
Improvement
- Improve registration in coorperation with the Rwandan professionals.
- Make treatment and clinical trials more available.
- Support local healthcare workers with education and income.
Mobile Health Application
Literature
Relevant literature
- State of Cancer Control in Rwanda: Past, Present and Future Opportunities (JCO 2021)
- One million people could die of cancer annualy in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 without urgent action
experts warn (Lancet 2022) - The Global Cancer Observatory (WHO IARC 2021)
- Key prevention and control interventions for reducing cancer burden in the WHO african region. (WHO 2012)
- Landscape of Oncology Clinical Trials in Africa (JCO 2021)
Relevant links
Taking action
Since 2019 Afri-Onc focuses on four of these eight actions. Below, those are highlighted in bold.
- Develop or update national cancer control plans and provide sustained financing, to ensure their implementation;
- Invest in cancer registration to provide data upon which rational cancer planning will be undertaken;
- Expand universal health coverage, incorporating cancer care into essential benefits packages and national health insurance systems to reduce out-of-pocket expenditures for essential therapies for citizens with cancer;
- Pilot early cancer screening and detection programs that make use of point-of-care technology delivered by allied health professionals;
- Include palliative care as an integral and key part of cancer care;
- Establish relevant training programs for healthcare and allied professions to build and maintain the cancer workforce;
- Establish national cancer research institutes and committees with agreed funding streams; develop international collaborations and external partnerships;
- Invest in telehealth and other digital health solutions.
Taking action
Since 2019 Afri-Onc focuses on four of these eight actions. Below, those are highlighted in bold.
- Develop or update national cancer control plans and provide sustained financing, to ensure their implementation;
- Invest in cancer registration to provide data upon which rational cancer planning will be undertaken;
- Expand universal health coverage, incorporating cancer care into essential benefits packages and national health insurance systems to reduce out-of-pocket expenditures for essential therapies for citizens with cancer;
- Pilot early cancer screening and detection programs that make use of point-of-care technology delivered by allied health professionals;
- Include palliative care as an integral and key part of cancer care;
- Establish relevant training programs for healthcare and allied professions to build and maintain the cancer workforce;
- Establish national cancer research institutes and committees with agreed funding streams; develop international collaborations and external partnerships;
- Invest in telehealth and other digital health solutions.
Team
We are a highly motivated group of professionals with long-standing experience in various relevant fields of work, both in Rwanda as in the Netherlands.
Our ambition is to make impact via our sustainable Tech Company and contribute to make standard and innovative cancer treatments available for patients in Africa.
Jeroen Uppelschoten, MD
Chief Executive Officer/ Radiation Oncologist
Building bridges
Huibert de Potter
Chief Operating Officer
Making connections
Kevin Muragijimana, MD
Coordinating Medical Consultant Africa
Philine van den Tol
Chief Clinical Trials Officer
Rene de Keijzer
Chief Financial Officer
Ole Smit
Data Protection Officer
Rolling up his sleeves
Brandon A. Niyibizi
Clinical Trial Coordinator Rwanda/ Pharmacist
Dedicated to Improve Cancer Care
Bart-Jan Ter Heegde
Chief Technical Officer
Driven by Data and Tech
Afri-Onc partner in Rwanda: Rwanda Cancer Relief
Afri-Onc partner in The Netherlands: IKNL
Call or WhatsApp Jeroen
+31 6 2095 3179
Call or WhatsApp Huibert
+31 6 1587 8387
info@afri-onc.com
Address
Afri-Onc BV (Ltd)
Zuiderstraat 12
1486 MJ West-Graftdijk
The Netherlands