Coordinating
Mentorship networks linking African physicists with experienced volunteers worldwide.
Radiotherapy access for Africa
Everyone deserves the same chance to beat cancer.
We connect experienced medical physicists worldwide with hospitals and universities across Africa — expanding access to the radiotherapy that two-thirds of cancer patients need.
~20%of Africans can currently access radiotherapy
Working alongside
IAEA
partner NGO
hospital
university
What we do
Six ways we close the cancer-care gap
From mentorship to equipment to research, every effort builds local capacity that lasts.
Disseminating
Seminars, workshops and roundtables that share knowledge with volunteers and clinical staff.
Establishing
Closer working links between radiation-oncology professionals, universities and students.
Consulting
Advice on equipment purchases, shielding construction, quality assurance and radiation protection.
Organising
Needs-led donations of radiation equipment to clinics and teaching hospitals.
Research
Collaboration and publication advancing medical physics across the continent.
~0.4radiotherapy machines per million people in sub-Saharan Africa
20+African countries with no radiotherapy facility
Globaldiaspora expertise connected to local capacity-building work
About us
A volunteer network, registered in Germany
Mephida e.V. is a non-profit founded by medical physicists working abroad who wanted to give back. We are volunteer-led and based in Edewecht, Germany — channelling diaspora expertise and partners worldwide into the hospitals and universities building radiotherapy capacity across Africa.
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Featured project
Your support, made concrete
Mbingo Baptist Hospital — Radiotherapy
Helping a 310-bed hospital in Cameroon’s Northwest highlands build the country’s radiotherapy capacity.
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The latest in African cancer care
A roadmap to scale radiotherapy access in sub-Saharan Africa
A practical overview of the workforce, equipment, investment and policy work needed to close the treatment gap.
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New radiotherapy capacity milestone in West Africa
A new capacity milestone highlights both progress and the continuing need for trained staff and robust quality systems.
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Why medical-physics mentorship matters
Remote and in-person mentorship can shorten the path from classroom knowledge to safe clinical confidence.
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