# Mbabane Government Hospital

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## TL;DR

The main public hospital in Eswatini's capital, where a cancer unit giving chemotherapy was set up in 2016 and 2017 with help from the Uganda Cancer Institute.

## Summary

The IAEA's 2017 imPACT summary says basic chemotherapy for a few cancers was available at Mbabane Government Hospital, with no radiotherapy in the country. An ehospice report by the African Palliative Care Association describes a partnership of the association, the American Cancer Society, the Ministry of Health and the Uganda Cancer Institute that, from December 2016 to December 2017, supported the start and running of a cancer unit at the hospital through expert exchange visits and mentoring. The coordinates are the OpenStreetMap point for the hospital.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Mbabane National Hospital
- City: Mbabane, SZ
- Type: hospital

## Sources

- ehospice: the role of South-to-South partnerships in developing cancer services in Africa: https://ehospice.com/africa_posts/the-role-of-south-to-south-partnerships-in-developing-cancer-services-in-africa/
- IAEA: imPACT review, Eswatini (August 2017, PDF): https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/documents/review-missions/eswatini_-_2017_impact_review.pdf

## Connected records

- institutions: [Ministry of Health, Eswatini](https://onco.cc/institutions/eswatini-ministry-of-health/), [Uganda Cancer Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/uganda-cancer-institute/)

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