Launching May 18, 2026 · Geneva
When war closes doors,
we open corridors
A global network connecting cancer patients in conflict zones to treatment centers worldwide.
A global network connecting cancer patients in conflict zones to treatment centers worldwide.
For more than a million cancer patients living inside conflict zones, the obstacle is not the absence of treatment — it is the absence of a path to reach it. Chemotherapy interrupted by bombardment. Children with curable cancers who cannot cross a border. Oncologists who have fled. Hospitals destroyed.
"No patient should die of a curable cancer because a war stood in the way. We have the treatments. We have the hospitals. We just need to connect them to the people who need them."OncoCorridor Founding Statement
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy require continuity. A single interruption caused by bombardment or supply failure can render months of treatment ineffective — and cause direct harm.
Hospitals are disproportionately targeted in modern conflicts. Oncology units — dependent on complex equipment, cold chains, and specialist staff — are among the first to cease functioning.
Remarkable work has been done by individual organizations. But no coordinated global mechanism exists to systematically connect treatment capacity to patients in conflict zones — until now.
OncoCorridor is not a declaration — it is infrastructure. A living network connecting patients to treatment centers through a professional, full-time secretariat.
Cancer centers worldwide commit named patient slots per year — specific capacity, real commitment, trackable delivery.
Physicians in conflict zones submit referrals through the secure OncoCorridor platform. No bureaucratic barriers.
Full-time staff match patients to centers and coordinate travel, visas, medical records, and continuity of care.
Patients receive care. Outcomes are tracked. Every case strengthens the network and expands its reach.
OncoCorridor is the direct operationalization of a landmark manifesto published in The Lancet — co-authored by the WHO Director-General — calling for exactly this kind of working mechanism.
"A manifesto on improving cancer care in conflict-impacted populations"
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus et al. · DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01023-7
OncoCorridor launches on the opening day of the 79th World Health Assembly — the highest-level global health gathering on earth. Founding members, pledging centers, and partner organizations will be announced before the international health community.
If your institution is ready to pledge patient capacity and be part of the founding, we want to hear from you now.
Pledge Your InstitutionEvery institution that joins brings more patients through. Every government that endorses removes another barrier.
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