Strengthening the oncology nurse workforce in low-income and middle-income countries

[...]initiatives include support and training from twinning programmes,1 short-term in-country training,2,3 and online teaching programmes.4,5 However, until there is a serious commitment from governments in LMICs to fund and support the development of health-care infrastructure, including personnel (physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, and radiotherapists) and to address the material and resources (eg, intravenous pumps, personal protective equipment, and chemotherapy) required, there is little hope that major improvements can be made in the current mortality statistics in these countries--72-75% of patients with cancer in LMICs will die from the disease.6 Nurses are a crucial component of any country's cancer control programme.