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Prof Prisca Adejumo speaks to ecancer about her talk on the 'state of oncology nursing in Africa'.
She explains that, according to the WHO, 40% of nurses worldwide come from African countries.
However many have emigrated out of Africa leaving a lack of specialised nurses on the continent.
Prof Adejumo also highlights that better specialised training, resources and infrastructure is needed to improve the state of oncology nursing in Africa.
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