Working together to build a better future for children with cancer in Africa

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.