A consortium of organizations/institutions including National Cancer Institute, American Academic Medical Centers, the American Cancer Society, the ASGE, Industry, and medical centers in several East African countries joined together to form African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC). The goal is to work together to prevent, provide earlier diagnoses, to study, and to treat esophageal squamous cell cancer. For the past four years, clinical research studies, conferences, and endoscopic training and education have taken place and ASGE members have been given the opportunity to participate. Essentially all the endoscopic training, particularly for the placement of esophageal stents, has been “hands-on“. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced medical educators and trainers to work and teach remotely. This webinar presents and overview of the problems associated with esophageal cancer in East Africa. It also demonstrates remote endoscopic teaching. There is also the discussion of the stent access initiative which broadly covers the program of stent placement for the management of advanced disease. Come join leaders from United States and East Africa, who will further discuss Esophageal Cancer in Africa, the AfrECC initiative, remote access teaching and different ways you can get involved.

• Learn about the problem of squamous cell esophageal cancer in East Africa
• Get information about remote endoscopic teaching and learning
• Learn how ASGE members can become involved in the program

1. Close other applications and browser tabs. This decreases the load on memory so your computer or other device can focus on streaming.
2. Use a 5 GHz frequency if your router supports it. The common 2.4 GHz frequency is used by household appliances, so is more crowded. Avoiding it is like getting into the carpool lane on a freeway: smoother sailing.
3. Use Ethernet instead of Wi-Fi if possible but GI LEAP is built with Wi-Fi in mind. 
4. Monitor your internet connection. If your ISP has promised you 5MBps and you are getting only 1MBps, it's time for a phone call to your internet provider to sort that out.