Leveraging eLearning tools to improve cervical and breast cancer screening and diagnosis in Lagos, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

With rising rates of cancer, it is vital that the public health community identifies ways to effectively increase access to cancer awareness, prevention, and early diagnosis of the most common female cancers in Nigeria. Digital technologies can play an important role in scaling up necessary skills for health professionals to increase screenings and referrals, and to enhance their knowledge of cancer control. Pivoting and adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic increased the acceptance of non-traditional ways of learning, creating new ways to disseminate knowledge across borders and different society. eLearning can play a very important role in training healthcare practitioners in Nigeria, and further research into the feasibility, challenges and opportunities presented by eLearning platforms in the healthcare sector is crucial. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.