As part of the Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development (GICR) of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a new IARC GICR Centre of Expertise for Cancer Registration for Lusophone African Countries (CEROPAL) was inaugurated at the Instituto Angolano de Controlo do Câncer (IACC) in Luanda, Angola, on 20 January 2026, in the presence of the Secretary of State for Hospital Services. CEROPAL becomes the fourth IARC GICR Centre of Expertise in sub-Saharan Africa, and the first dedicated specifically to Portuguese-speaking countries, providing capacity-building for Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe.
