Dr Fidel Rubagumya, a Clinical and Radiation Oncologist at Rwanda Military Hospital has won a $115,000 award through the Long-term International Fellowship (LIFe) grant of the ASCO, Conquer Cancer Foundation.
He pointed out that the research was built on work that was recently done along with his colleagues and it is titled, 'Choosing wisely Africa (CWA),' where they suggested ten recommendations of practices that should be avoided in cancer care on the continent.
Dr Rubagumya highlighted that the fellowship will also help him develop advanced training in clinical cancer research.
The oncologist will spend a year at Queen's University for a post-doctoral research fellowship and at the same time do clinical work at Kingston General Hospital in Canada.
"My attachment at Kingston General Hospital will equip me with more knowledge especially in managing cancers, this knowledge will be shared with my colleagues at Rwanda Cancer Centre to improve care we give to our patients," he said.
