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In-depth knowledge of local conditions is necessary in order to enhance care in low- and middle-income countries. In this review we discuss: improving cancer diagnosis, optimizing patient management, increasing health awareness, prevention, early detection, eradication of causative infectious diseases and agents, tobacco control, healthy diets and lifestyles, availability of diagnostic methods, easy access to care, affordable costs, improving infrastructures, quality care measures, implementing and adapting guidelines, multidisciplinary management, supportive and survivorship care, research and optimization of medical school curriculum and training in oncology. Establishment of national cancer control plans by policy makers, physician societies, medical schools, and patient advocates is recommended. We will review evidence and controversies, and outline the next steps needed to prevent cancer and enhance care of cancer patients in LMICs.

In the recent \"Burden of mental disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region\" paper, myself and my fellow collaborators highlighted that countries in EMR, which comprises nations in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan, have higher rates of mental health disorders than the rest of the world. Following decades of political instability, our findings indicate that low-income countries actually have a lower burden, but this can be simply explained by the fact that those living in countries affected by conflict do not have the privilege of attending to their mental health, and it is also difficult to conduct exhaustive nation-wide studies. [...]from an education perspective, prospective medical students need more incentives to pursue psychiatry. The writer, MD, is a post-doctoral researcher at the American University of Beirut Medical Centre and lead author of \"The Burden of Mental Disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2013\".