WHO & @StJudeResearch announce establishment of Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines which will provide an uninterrupted supply of quality-assured #ChildhoodCancer medicines to low- and middle-income countries bit.ly/3EVRfPN
Each year, an estimated 400,000 children worldwide develop #cancer.
The majority live in low- & middle-income countries. Survival rates in these countries are less than 30% compared with 80% in high-income countries bit.ly/3EVRfPN #ChildhoodCancer
The new platform aims to provide safe and effective #cancer medicines to approximately 120,000 children between 2022 and 2027, with the expectation to scale up in future years bit.ly/3EVRfPN
The platform will help children, like Sapna, and their families who are forced to travel long distances at considerable cost to access cancer medicines.
Watch Sapna’s story in full ▶️ bit.ly/3ETbfTg
#ChildhoodCancer #Film4Health
During an initial two-year pilot phase, medicines will be purchased and distributed to 12 countries through a process involving governments, cancer centers & nongovernmental organizations already active in providing #cancer care.
The platform is being developed within the context of the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer which supports more than 50 governments in building & sustaining local cancer programmes & aims to increase survival from #ChildhoodCancer to 60% by 2030 bit.ly/3dOWB3m
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