{"entity":{"id":"cnrao-abidjan","kind":"institution","name":"Centre National d'Oncologie Médicale et de Radiothérapie Alassane Ouattara (CNRAO)","aka":["CNRAO","National Centre for Medical Oncology and Radiotherapy Alassane Ouattara"],"tldr":"Côte d'Ivoire's public cancer centre for radiotherapy and chemotherapy, in Cocody, Abidjan, open to patients since January 2018. It also offers consultations, teleconsultations, a laboratory, a pharmacy and support such as nutrition, psychology and social work.","summary":"CNRAO is a public establishment created by Decree 2018-460 of 9 May 2018, inaugurated on 18 December 2017 and open to patients from 25 January 2018, under the technical supervision of the health ministry. Its UICC member page describes an 11,000 square metre site with a radiotherapy unit (a CT simulator and two linear accelerators, one upgraded for RapidArc), a 10-bed medical oncology unit with centralised chemotherapy preparation, a laboratory and a pharmacy, plus supportive and palliative care. IAEA DIRAC lists two linear accelerators and no brachytherapy, updated in 2026. The national cancer plan of March 2022 calls it the country's first radiotherapy centre, notes a high-dose-rate brachytherapy unit not yet working, and reports more than 500 patients treated with radiotherapy.\n\nThe UICC page says no treatment is delayed for lack of money: from 25 January 2018 to 31 July 2022, 1,960 uninsured patients were allowed to pay in instalments, for 2,416,000,000 CFA francs, and an agreement between the State and Roche gives uninsured patients free medicines in the public sector. Of more than 7,000 patients seen from January 2018 to March 2022, 1,179 had breast cancer and 75% of those were at an advanced stage. The centre's own site lists teleconsultation, nutrition consultations since June 2022, and a colorectal cancer screening campaign launched in April 2026. It is a site of the IMbrave152 liver cancer trial (NCT05904886).","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"CNRAO","url":"https://cnrao-ci.com/"},{"label":"UICC member page: CNRAO","url":"https://www.uicc.org/membership/centre-national-doncologie-medicale-et-de-radiotherapie-alassane-ouattara-cnrao"},{"label":"Plan stratégique national de lutte contre le cancer 2022 to 2025, Côte d'Ivoire (March 2022, PDF via ICCP)","url":"https://www.iccp-portal.org/sites/default/files/plans/PSNCancer_2022_2025_vf%20PNLCa.pdf"},{"label":"IAEA DIRAC: directory of radiotherapy centres","url":"https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight"},{"label":"ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05904886 (IMbrave152) site list","url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05904886"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["breast-cancer","colorectal","hcc"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["cote-divoire-ministry-of-health","pnlca-cote-divoire","chu-treichville","iaea"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Abidjan","country":"CI","lat":5.36,"lng":-3.967,"institutionType":"cancer-center","website":"https://cnrao-ci.com/","programs":["External beam radiotherapy (two linear accelerators)","Medical oncology day unit (10 beds)","Teleconsultation","Supportive care: nutrition, psychology, socio-aesthetics, sport, social work","Colorectal cancer screening campaign (2026)"]},"route":"/institutions/cnrao-abidjan/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"breast-cancer","kind":"cancer","name":"Breast cancer (all types)","route":"/cancers/breast-cancer/"},{"id":"colorectal","kind":"cancer","name":"Colorectal cancer","route":"/cancers/colorectal/"},{"id":"hcc","kind":"cancer","name":"Hepatocellular carcinoma","route":"/cancers/hcc/"}],"institution":[{"id":"chu-treichville","kind":"institution","name":"Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Treichville","route":"/institutions/chu-treichville/"},{"id":"iaea","kind":"institution","name":"International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope","route":"/institutions/iaea/"},{"id":"cote-divoire-ministry-of-health","kind":"institution","name":"Ministère de la Santé, de l'Hygiène Publique et de la Couverture Maladie Universelle, Côte d'Ivoire","route":"/institutions/cote-divoire-ministry-of-health/"},{"id":"pisam-abidjan","kind":"institution","name":"Polyclinique Internationale Sainte Anne-Marie (PISAM)","route":"/institutions/pisam-abidjan/"},{"id":"pnlca-cote-divoire","kind":"institution","name":"Programme National de Lutte contre le Cancer, Côte d'Ivoire (PNLCa)","route":"/institutions/pnlca-cote-divoire/"}],"trial":[{"id":"nct05904886","kind":"trial","name":"A Study Evaluating Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab, With or Without Tiragolumab, in Participants With Untreated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Hepatocell","route":"/trials/nct05904886/"}]}}