On episode 01 of the Live It Up Podcast, the host, Ms. Brandy Azeirwe Valentine (@BrandyValentine) talks to the programs director & team leader at Uganda Child Cancer Foundation (UCCF) Mr. Moses Echodu (@mechodu) about the role of UCCF and his cancer survivorship.
THE LIVE IT UP PODCAST is a podcast on lessons, life, and survivorship with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). In Uganda, according to the 2014 NCD survey, 33% of annual deaths are attributed to the five leading NCDs; cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, Chronic Respiratory Diseases, and Mental Health and Substance Abuse. NCDs kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally. (According to the World Health Organization, WHO)