Stakeholders Call for Collaborative Actions to Boost Cancer Care

Healthcare stakeholders in Nigeria are calling for urgent, collaborative action to tackle the widening gap in cancer treatment and address critical infrastructure deficits across the country. This call came during a high-level Executive Business Networking Dinner held in Lagos, where leaders, policymakers, investors, and hospital executives convened.

Participants collectively identified infrastructure deficits as a major threat to healthcare delivery. They warned that immediate investments and strengthened partnerships are essential to bridge the cancer care gap and improve the generally poor state of healthcare infrastructure. The event was organized by SHINVA Medical Solutions, a global healthcare technology company, and Hospital Assist Nigeria (HAN).

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The collaboration is designed to improve cancer care, infection prevention, hospital operations and overall healthcare outcomes across Nigeria.

SHINVA and HAN unveiled plans to bolster oncology expansion, enhance infection prevention, and modernize hospitals throughout Nigeria. Dr. Wale Alabi, CEO of Hospital Assist Nigeria, described the collaboration as a strategic initiative to deliver world-class healthcare technologies while simultaneously building local technical capacity and sustainable healthcare systems. He emphasized that the partnership extends beyond equipment deployment to include training, maintenance support, and long-term infrastructure development.

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We are committed to long-term partnerships in Nigeria and ready to collaborate with healthcare providers, governments, investors and development institutions to support healthcare transformation.

Mr. Kelvin Chen, Africa Business Network Representative for SHINVA, highlighted the company's global capabilities and Nigeria's strategic importance in the African healthcare market. He presented SHINVA's portfolio, including oncology, radiotherapy, medical imaging, and sterilization systems. Chen specifically pointed to SHINVA's Linear Accelerators and industrial sterilization technologies as crucial for improving cancer treatment and infection prevention in Nigeria. He affirmed SHINVA's commitment to long-term partnerships and collaboration with Nigerian healthcare providers, government, investors, and development institutions.

Ms. Njide Ndili, President of the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, acknowledged the increasing role of the private sector in healthcare delivery and investment. However, she urged SHINVA and HAN to ensure their innovative healthcare technologies remain accessible, affordable, scalable, and sustainable for Nigerians, stressing that healthcare innovation must be advanced.

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Healthcare innovation must not only be adv