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http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6851| Title: | Working together to build a better future for children with cancer in Africa |
| Authors: | Chitsike, Inam Paintsil, Vivian Sung, Lillian Njuguna, Festus Mavinkurve-Groothuis, Annelies Kouya, Francine Hesseling, Peter Kaspers, Gertjan Afungchwi, Glenn M Ilbawi, Andre Renner, Lorna Pritchard-Jones, Kathy Hessissen, Laila Molyneux, Elizabeth Chagaluka, George Israels, Trijn |
| Keywords: | Cancer Children |
| Issue Date: | 16-Jul-2020 |
| Publisher: | ASCO |
| Abstract: | There has been substantial improvement in survival of children with cancer in high-income countries. How- ever, great challenges remain in low- and middle- income countries, where . 80% of children with cancer live. 1 Survival in many countries in Africa, for example, is estimated to be , 20%. 2 The WHO re- cently launched the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC), which aims to increase survival of children with cancers worldwide to . 60% by 2030 by promoting access to high-quality cancer care for all children and with an initial focus on common and curable cancer types. |
| URI: | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6851 |
| Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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