ghana was the leader of the first sub saharan african nation to gain independence.
ghana was the leader of the first sub saharan african nation to gain independence.
leader of the first sub saharan african nation to gain independence?
ghana
bullet::::- large-scale decolonization in africa first began in the 1950s. in 1951, libya became the first african country to gain independence in the decade, and in 1954 the algerian war began. 1956 saw sudan, morocco, and tunisia become independent, and the next year ghana became the first sub-saharan african nation to gain independence.









































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bullet::::- european common market – the european communities (or common markets), the precursor of the european union, was established with the treaty of rome in 1957.
1950s
data on breast cancer in sub saharan africa is available, though extremely limited compared to developed countries. breast cancer has the highest incidence among sub saharan african women, and has now also the highest mortality rate in many of the countries in the region, before cervical cancer. breast cancer causes 20% of cancer deaths in women and represents 25% of cancers diagnosed. incidence rates of breast cancer varies from region to region in sub saharan africa and are 30.4, 26.8, 38.6 and 38.9 respectively in eastern africa, central africa, western africa and southern africa. sub saharan africa has lower incidence rates for breast cancer than developed countries but the mortality rates reflected in the region are much higher. many reasons were found to be the source of this disparity, including the fact that breast cancer is diagnosed at later stages in sub saharan africa. for example, while central africa had a mortality/incidence ratio of 0.55 in 2012, the us had only 0.16. in addition to being diagnosed at later stages, breast cancer in sub saharan africa was also found to have an earlier onset compared to western countries. screening is considered an important tool to tackle the late stage diagnosis of breast cancer by most policy makers in african countries, especially given that treatment is greatly limited by the lack of resources. more research is also required to produce more updated data on breast cancer and better understand the variances there and how they affect the burden of the disease in the region.
epidemiology of breast cancer