{"entity":{"id":"guinea-bissau-ministry-of-health","kind":"institution","name":"Ministério da Saúde Pública, Guiné-Bissau (MINSAP)","aka":["MINSAP","Ministry of Public Health, Guinea-Bissau"],"tldr":"Guinea-Bissau's health ministry. People with cancer are sent abroad for treatment through medical boards, and in 2025 the minister said an oncology institute was being discussed with Portugal.","summary":"Forbes África Lusófona reported on 13 March 2025 that the Minister of Public Health, Pedro Tipote, said the possibility of establishing an oncology institute in Guinea-Bissau was being discussed in cooperation with Portugal's health ministry. The report says the lack of cancer services forces medical evacuations, arranged through medical boards (juntas médicas), and that Portugal is the only country with which Guinea-Bissau has an agreement for them. The ministry's website loads its content by script. IAEA DIRAC lists no radiotherapy centre in the country. The coordinates are an approximate Bissau city point.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"Forbes África Lusófona: Portugal and Guinea-Bissau discuss an oncology institute (13 March 2025)","url":"https://forbesafricalusofona.com/portugal-e-guine-bissau-analisam-possivel-criacao-de-instituto-de-oncologia/"},{"label":"IAEA DIRAC: directory of radiotherapy centres","url":"https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["hospital-simao-mendes"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Bissau","country":"GW","lat":11.861,"lng":-15.583,"institutionType":"government","website":"https://www.minsap.gw/","programs":["Medical evacuation to Portugal (juntas médicas)"]},"route":"/institutions/guinea-bissau-ministry-of-health/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"hospital-simao-mendes","kind":"institution","name":"Hospital Nacional Simão Mendes","route":"/institutions/hospital-simao-mendes/"}]}}