East Midlands Children and Young Persons' Integrated Cancer Service Visit to Sudan 12 - 15 February 2017 Hosted by Sudanese Association of Paediatricians

Sudan was formerly the largest country in Africa, until South Sudan formally split from it in 2011.It has a population of over 30 million; nearly half of the population lives in the capital Khartoum. Two centres treat children with cancer, one in the capital Khartoum and the other in the second city Medani. Poverty and malnutrition are prevalent in Sudan; both contribute to challenge of making a cancer diagnosis, and once made access to funded investigations, surgery, treatments, as well as the increased risk of chemotherapy-associated toxicity, including prolonged neutropenia and infectious complications. Through collaboration with the Sudanese Association of Paediatricians (SAP), the visit and the academic programme was arranged.