How WhatsApp is used to fight cancer in Tanzania

One of the Saratani.info cancer ambassadors speaking to community members at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. PHOTO|COURTESY

What you need to know:

  • Efforts by cancer experts are yet to yield results in demystifying the disease and curbing fake info, such as the fast-spreading half-baked reports of claimed cancer “cures,” and frightening stories on social media, which tend to link certain foods and human deeds with cancer.