Abstract:
Poorly trained workers and limited workforce capacity
contribute immensely to barriers in cancer control
in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Be
cause of an increasing disease burden and the gap in
trained personnel, it is critical that LMICs must develop appropriate in-country training programs at all
levels to adequately address their cancer-relate
d outcomes. The training in LMICs of cancer health
personnel should address priority cancer diseases in the speci
fi
c country by developing caregivers,
trainers, researchers, and administrators at all levels of health care and all cadres of staff, from the
community level to the national level. The Academ
ic Model of Providing Access to Health care is a
representative model of how a public tertiary hospital like the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in an
LMIC setting can leverage its resources, collaborate with partners from high-resource countries, and
assist in the development of a training center t
o spearhead a sustainable education program.
