More favorable conditions for success in 2000 than in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Improved communication following the internet revolution
Improved political climate, especially, the potential role of South Africa after the demise of apartheid, and Nigeria, after the demise of military dictatorship
Several international organization would welcome the opportunity of collaborating with AORTIC in addressing the challenge of cancer in Africa, including:
International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (based at the Institut Pasteur in Brussels; President: Ian Magrath, formerly of NCI, USA)
" Special Program on liver cancer" (a subdivision of Environment and Health In Communities of Africans" – led by Dr. Enitan Bababunmi)
a few other organizations that have made their interest known since learning of the possibility of reactivating AORTIC.
