{"entity":{"id":"diwani-msemo","kind":"person","name":"Diwani Msemo","aka":[],"tldr":"Executive Director of the Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Tanzania's national cancer hospital in Dar es Salaam.","summary":"Dr Diwani Msemo leads the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), Tanzania's national specialised cancer institute in Dar es Salaam. In August 2026 he announced that ORCI would begin offering major cancer surgery in October, ending the need to refer patients to other national hospitals for operations before returning for radiotherapy or chemotherapy. He also reported the installation of a PET scanner at ORCI, described as the first in East and Central Africa.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Source: Daily News Tanzania, ORCI set to begin major cancer surgery (August 2026)","url":"https://dailynews.co.tz/orci-set-to-begin-major-cancer-surgery/"}],"tags":["leadership","clinician-scientist","africa","global-oncology"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":["pet"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["ocean-road-cancer-institute"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Executive Director, Ocean Road Cancer Institute","institutionId":"ocean-road-cancer-institute","specialisms":["Cancer services in Tanzania","Radiotherapy access","Health system leadership"],"profiles":[{"label":"Daily News (Tanzania) report","url":"https://dailynews.co.tz/orci-set-to-begin-major-cancer-surgery/"}],"papers":[{"title":"Changing Patterns of lung, liver, and head and neck non-AIDS-defining cancers relative to HIV status in Tanzania between 2002-2014","journal":"Infectious Agents and Cancer","year":2016,"doi":"10.1186/s13027-016-0106-5"},{"title":"Impact of Initiating Screening Programs on Referral and Management of Cervical Cancer in Tanzania","journal":"Journal of Global Oncology","year":2019,"doi":"10.1200/jgo.18.00052"}],"orcid":"0009-0008-5856-1894"},"route":"/people/diwani-msemo/","neighbours":{"technology":[{"id":"pet","kind":"technology","name":"PET (positron emission tomography)","route":"/technologies/pet/"}],"institution":[{"id":"ocean-road-cancer-institute","kind":"institution","name":"Ocean Road Cancer Institute","route":"/institutions/ocean-road-cancer-institute/"}]}}