# Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona (CHU JRA)

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## TL;DR

A public university hospital in Antananarivo with a cancer service and a cobalt radiotherapy centre that opened in 2021. About twelve thousand people with cancer had been treated at the radiotherapy centre by late 2024.

## Summary

CHU Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona is a public university hospital in Antananarivo. Its cobalt radiotherapy centre at Befelatanana, set up with cobalt-60 machines donated by the Republic of India, had treated twelve thousand people with cancer between February 2021 and the minister's visit of 31 October 2024, with fifteen to twenty patients a day treated with curative or palliative intent; India agreed preventive maintenance three times a year until 2025. IAEA DIRAC, with the entry last updated in 2022, lists one cobalt-60 unit and brachytherapy at CHU-HJRA and no CT scanner. The coordinates are DIRAC's.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: CHU JRA; CHU-HJRA; HJRA; Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona University Hospital
- City: Antananarivo, MG
- Type: hospital

## Sources

- L'Express de Madagascar: cobalt therapy for twelve thousand patients (November 2024): https://www.lexpress.mg/2024/11/sante-publique-la-cobaltotherapie-au.html
- IAEA DIRAC: radiotherapy equipment by centre (read 11 November 2026): https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight

## Connected records

- institutions: [Ministère de la Santé Publique, Madagascar](https://onco.cc/institutions/madagascar-ministry-of-public-health/)

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