Administrative and policy implementation for cancer treatment and prevention programs.
Proper policy implementation is the building block of every group, organization and society. Like every edifice, it requires proper, clear and distinct purpose, plan, materials and masons, to borrow a leaf from Aristotle's four causes. There are always challenges associated with this very important endeavour, but there are peculiarities to it in the context of Nigeria as a developing nation and with respect to cancer prevention and management as a complex and sophisticated activity. This work seeks to clarify and comment on the concepts of policy, administration, cancer treatment and prevention, and then highlight challenges to successful implementation of cancer treatment and prevention policy in Nigeria and propose some solutions.
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Department of Neurological Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. ademalomo@yahoo.com
D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D009549:Nigeria; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011050:Policy Making; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000379:methods