In 2024, BVGH, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), MedServe, and the MedServe-LUTH Cancer Center (MLCC) launched a first-of-its-kind radiotherapy training program for Nigerian medical physicists, nurses, radiation oncologists, and radiation therapists. More than 60 radiotherapy professionals from eight public hospitals representing all six geopolitical zones of Nigeria completed the intensive training program. This year, an additional 78 trainees from ten Nigerian hospitals will participate, receiving hands-on training from MLCC staff, digital training from BVGH and Rayos Contra Cancer, and a week-long international expert session organized by BVGH. Designed to strengthen trainees’ clinical and technical skills and improve cancer patient outcomes across the country, the training program covers profession-specific topics, including IMRT/VMAT, pain management, contouring, image-matching, nutrition, oncologic emergencies and side effects, radiobiology, brachytherapy, chart rounds and peer review, treatment planning, and incident and accident reporting.
This year’s program was launched with cohorts from Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital and University College Hospital, Ibadan.