The Developing Countries (DCTF) Task Force addresses the specific, educational needs of oncology healthcare specialists in developing countries^*

* Developing countries are defined by ESMO according to the latest World Bank statistics of countries with a Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) per capita of less than $10,000 per annum. Information available online at http://www.worldbank.org/

Dr. Adamos Adamou

• Supporting oncology specialists in less affluent countries
• Sharing knowledge
• Providing input for new topics for ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Improving local healthcare infrastructures
• Promoting the ESMO Examination
• Organizing meetings and educational programs
• Researching and compiling statistics on the status of oncology in developing countries
• Liaising with other ESMO committees, providing information about developing countries
• Serving as a point of reference for developing regions

• Chair, Vice-Chair and 11 Task Force members representing major geographical regions

2012	ESMO supports World Cancer Day 2012 - Essential medicines for all! The ‘Morphine Manifesto’ compliments the ESMO-led international collaborative project on access to essential medicines for pain management
2011	International collaborative project on the availability and barriers to access of opioids to cancer patients in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Project expands on original ESMO/EAPC European survey published in Annals of Oncology in March 2010.
2010	Afrox-ESMO Cancer Prevention 4 Africa awareness, prevention and early detection campaign. Read the press release
2010	ESMO DCTF/UICC/WHO Joint Symposium: Meeting the challenge of managing cervical cancer in the developing world, Milan, Italy
2008	ESMO DCTF/UICC/WHO Special Symposium: The cancer burden in developing countries the role of prevention, Stockholm, Sweden
2007	Presentation to Global Health Council, Washington DC, USA
2006	Developing Countries Special Symposium: Prevention as a weapon to globally fight cancer. The differences in preventive actions between developed and developing countries, Istanbul, Turkey
2006	Developing Countries Oncology Survey
2005	Developing Countries Supported Meetings
2004	ESMO Developing Nations Joint Symposium: Cancer in the developing world – cancer epidemiology and etiological aspects, Vienna, Austria
2003	ESMO Developing Countries Task Force established

NAME	COUNTRY	FUNCTION
Adamos Adamou	Cyprus	Chair
Håkan Mellstedt	Sweden	Vice-Chair
Gouri Bhattacharyya	India	Committee Member
Eduardo Cazap	Argentina	Committee Member
David Kerr	United Kingdom	Committee Member
Nagi El Saghir	Lebanon	Committee Member
Ahmed Elzawawy	Egypt	Committee Member
Alexandru Eniu	Romania	Committee Member
Bogda Koczwara	Australia	Committee Member
Tony Mok	Hong Kong	Committee Member
Twalib Ngoma	Tanzania	Committee Member
Kakil Ibrahim Rasul	Qatar/Iraq	Committee Member
Andreas Ullrich	Switzerland	Committee Member

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