Program Against Cancer in Djibouti

Worldwide, one in eight deaths is thanks to cancer. Projections supported the GLOBOCAN 2012 estimates predict a substantive increase new cancer cases per annum by 2035 in developing countries if preventive measures aren't widely applied. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), many lives might be saved annually if countries made use of existing knowledge and the best cost-effective methods to prevent and treat cancer. Therefore, the aim of this study is to estimate a provisional budget against cancer in low and middle incomes countries, according the GNI-PPP, the cancer incidence and the number of population. Economically country classification is determining with the Gross national income (GNI), per capita, Purchasing power parity (PPP), according the administrations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Cancer incidence data presented are based on the most recent data available at IARC. The provisional budget is establishing among the rules developed by WHO for regional and national cancer control programs consistent with national economic development. Provisional budget against cancer is estimated to 6,988.412 (thousands of U.S $) for a population of 865,267 persons in Djibouti.

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