{"entity":{"id":"cancer-association-of-botswana","kind":"institution","name":"Cancer Association of Botswana (CAB)","aka":["CAB"],"tldr":"A Botswana charity that raises awareness of cancer, gives patients a place to stay, meals and transport during treatment in Gaborone, and offers free counselling and home visits by survivors.","summary":"The Cancer Association of Botswana is an associate member of UICC. Its UICC profile lists awareness programmes; Tshiamo House, an interim care home giving temporary accommodation, medical care and meals to patients receiving treatment at Princess Marina Hospital and Gaborone Private Hospital; transport to hospital; free confidential counselling and telephone and home follow-up; and Reach for Recovery, in which survivors visit patients at home. The coordinates are an approximate city point for Gaborone.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"UICC member profile: Cancer Association of Botswana","url":"https://www.uicc.org/membership/cancer-association-botswana"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["gaborone-private-hospital","botswana-ministry-of-health","uicc"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Gaborone","country":"BW","lat":-24.658,"lng":25.909,"institutionType":"consortium","programs":["Tshiamo House interim care home","Patient transport","Counselling and after-care","Reach for Recovery"]},"route":"/institutions/cancer-association-of-botswana/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"gaborone-private-hospital","kind":"institution","name":"Life Gaborone Private Hospital","route":"/institutions/gaborone-private-hospital/"},{"id":"botswana-ministry-of-health","kind":"institution","name":"Ministry of Health, Botswana","route":"/institutions/botswana-ministry-of-health/"},{"id":"uicc","kind":"institution","name":"Union for International Cancer Control","route":"/institutions/uicc/"}]}}