A better future for children with cancer in Africa: a dream transforming into reality Dr. D Cristina Stefan- AORTIC president
Abstract The WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer launched in 2018 will translate into an additional one million lives saved or a survival rate of at least 60% for children with cancer to be attained by 2030. This new target represents a doubling of the global cure rate for children with cance...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Infectious Agents and Cancer |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13027-019-0252-7 |
| Summary: | Abstract The WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer launched in 2018 will translate into an additional one million lives saved or a survival rate of at least 60% for children with cancer to be attained by 2030. This new target represents a doubling of the global cure rate for children with cancer. African children with cancer will be amongst the global group which will benefit from an improved cancer care and better outcome. |
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| ISSN: | 1750-9378 |