 When it started, it started like a flow, but when the days go on, I feel I can't breathe. I decided to go to the hospital and when the doctor looked at me in my nose, he said you have a trauma. I decided to go to the hospital and when the days go on, I feel I can't breathe. When it started, it started like a flow, but when the days go on, I feel I can't breathe. In Tanzania, until recently, there was just one machine for all 57 million people. About 10 years ago, the situation was really different from the way it is now. The outcome was really, really not good. People's lives were being slowly eaten away by a disease that is often curable in other parts of the world. A young man like Rashid, being forced to spend a year in bed, was almost too much to bear. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't do my job. I was only sleeping, all days. One day, I can stand. Lokili for Rashid and many thousands of others like him, things have been changing in Tanzanian hospitals. After recognising the growing cancer crisis in Tanzania, the IAEA chose the Ocean Road Cancer Institute to show what can be done if you mobilise the right resources for cancer care. To reach patients across the country. The IAEA has also been helping the government provide radiotherapy in the northern city of Muansa. In the past, doctors here had to send their cancer patients 1200 km away for treatment. 20 years ago, you write to her that she has to go to Dar es Slam. She does not have any relatives. She does not know where Dar es Slam is. They used to stay home and die. But now the situation is different. We have been supporting Tanzania since they started offering radiotherapy services. Today Tanzania has got several new machines that they are able to use to treat the patients in the country. Additionally and most importantly also we have been able to help Tanzania train oncologists and technicians that are able to use these machines more efficiently and efficiently in treating the patients. One of the first patients to benefit from the improved facilities in the north was Margaret, a preacher from across Lake Victoria. Margaret was diagnosed with cervical cancer two years ago and received weeks of radiotherapy at Mugando Medical Centre before being declared cancer free. We have been working on this for a very long time. We have been working on this for a very long time. The survival rates will increase because one, we have patients now at early stage. Second, we have proper modalities for treatment. That will increase the survival rates. Back in Darasila, things are looking up for a sheet as well. We have been receiving machines, knowledge, funds from different organizations like the IA and also the government is still supporting us quite a lot. Because of this, we have been able to give hope to our patients. Yes. After receiving 30 sessions of radiotherapy on the new machine, Dr. Sio tells Rashid that his tumour is almost gone and that the doctors expect it to disappear entirely after some follow-up chemotherapy. I'm feeling better. I'm feeling like I'm going to reach my goals. Yes. Yes. Tanzania has made vast gains over the last decade but with the constant flow of new cancer cases, more resources are always needed. It's not just Tanzania that faces this issue. Access to radiotherapy is still extremely limited in many low and middle income countries. The IAEA is working with partners around the world to improve this and boost cancer care in general by supporting research, arranging training, offering procurement support and providing guidance on international safety standards. All cancer patients deserve the same second chance as Rashid and Margaret.