{"entity":{"id":"afghanistan-cancer-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"Afghanistan Cancer Foundation","aka":["ACF"],"tldr":"A non-profit organisation in Kabul, set up in 2015, that works on cancer awareness, early detection, palliative care and research support in Afghanistan.","summary":"UICC's member page (an Associate Member, updated December 2025) describes the Afghanistan Cancer Foundation as a non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit organisation established in 2015 to strengthen cancer control through awareness, advocacy, palliative care and research support, founded on the initiative of the Director General of the Afghanistan Medical Council, Dr Shafaq Shinwari, together with Afghan women affected by cancer. Its own site gives its address in District 19 of Kabul near the Pul-e-Charkhi Jalalabad bus station and describes conferences, public education and its own guidelines. The coordinates are an approximate Kabul city point.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"Afghanistan Cancer Foundation","url":"https://www.afghanistancancerfoundation.org"},{"label":"UICC member page: Afghanistan Cancer Foundation","url":"https://www.uicc.org/membership/afghanistan-cancer-foundation"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["jamhuriat-hospital-cancer-centre","herat-regional-hospital","afghanistan-ncd-alliance"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Kabul","country":"AF","lat":34.527,"lng":69.185,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://www.afghanistancancerfoundation.org","programs":["Cancer awareness and early detection","Palliative care","Advocacy","Research support"]},"route":"/institutions/afghanistan-cancer-foundation/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"afghanistan-ncd-alliance","kind":"institution","name":"Afghanistan NCD Alliance","route":"/institutions/afghanistan-ncd-alliance/"},{"id":"jamhuriat-hospital-cancer-centre","kind":"institution","name":"Cancer Centre, Jamhuriat Hospital, Kabul","route":"/institutions/jamhuriat-hospital-cancer-centre/"},{"id":"herat-regional-hospital","kind":"institution","name":"Herat Regional Hospital","route":"/institutions/herat-regional-hospital/"}]}}