World Child Cancer Usa

TO IMPROVE CANCER DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CARE FOR CHILDREN ACROSS THE DEVELOPING WORLD

WORLD CHILD CANCER IS A GLOBAL ORGANIZATION, CONSISTING OF OPERATING OFFICES IN THE US, UK, AND THE NETHERLANDS. THE GLOBAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE APPROVES AND OVERSEES ALL WORLD CHILD CANCER PROJECTS GLOBALLY. WE HAVE MORE THAN 100 VOLUNTEERS FROM MEDICS INVOLVED IN OUR TWINNING PROGRAMS TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HELPING AT EVENTS. WORLD CHILD CANCERS GLOBAL INCOME IS MADE UP OF A RANGE OF DIFFERENT STREAMS, INCLUDING INSTITUTIONAL, TRUSTS, FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY GIVING.

(MALAWI)QUEEN ELIZABETHS CENTRAL HOSPITAL IN BLANTYRE IS MALAWIS MAIN PEDIATRIC CANCER WARD AND WORLD CHILD CANCER HAS PARTNERED WITH THE HOSPITAL SINCE 2009 TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICES. WHEN OUR PARTNERSHIP BEGAN, JUST 150 CHILDREN WERE DIAGNOSED EACH YEAR, AND LESS THAN 30% SURVIVED THE TREATMENT THAT WAS AVAILABLE. NOW, AROUND 220 CHILDREN ARE DIAGNOSED AT QECH EACH YEAR, AND ONE YEAR SURVIVAL IS AROUND 55%. MALAWI IS ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY IS UNDER-RESOURCED. MANY MEDICINES, INCLUDING PAIN RELIEF DRUGS, ARE NOT COVERED BY THE NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM. AS SUCH, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITALS PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY WARD IS LIMITED DRUG SUPPLIES AND INABILITY TO COVER ALL COSTS FOR TREATMENT, WHICH THEN FALLS ON FAMILIES TO PAY. ON TOP OF FINANCIALLY CRIPPLING TREATMENT COSTS, TRAVEL TO HOSPITAL IS OFTEN PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE AS FAMILIES MAY HAVE TO TRAVEL HUGE DISTANCES TO REACH QECH, WHICH

(GHANA)IN GHANA, OVERCOMING THE COMBINED PROBLEM OF POVERTY AND CANCER IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT. THOSE FROM DEPRIVED PARTS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE THE LOWEST SURVIVAL RATES. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY UNITS AT THE KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL (KBTH) AND THE KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL (KATH) AND THEIR TWINNING PARTNER THE ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, EDINBURGH (RHSC) SINCE 2010. THESE HOSPITALS NOW PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT STANDARD OF CARE AND ACT AS HUBS FOR THE NATIONAL PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY PROGRAM. IN 2019, WE LAUNCHED AN EXCITING NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH UBS OPTIMUS FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN GHANA TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGISTS FOR WEST AFRICA AND BEYOND. SINCE WE STARTED WORKING IN GHANA IN 2010, WE HAVE MORE THAN TRIPLED THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN DIAGNOSED THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AND MORE THAN TRIPLED SURVIVAL RATES