ACT 4 Children shared a post on LinkedIn:
“What does systems change for childhood cancer look like? Sometimes, it looks like a nationwide law.
The Philippines’ National Integrated Cancer Control Act (NICCA) is a powerful example of policy becoming a lifeline for families facing cancer. Enacted in 2019, the law established a national framework to strengthen the full continuum of cancer care: from prevention and early diagnosis to treatment, survivorship, and palliative care. It explicitly recognizes childhood cancer within national priorities, rather than treating it as an afterthought.
But what is especially compelling is what has happened since the law passed. Recent work through the Philippine Cancer Center research agenda and the National Integrated Cancer Control Program Strategic Framework (2024–2028) is helping define the next phase, moving from legislation to implementation.
For those of us working in childhood cancer globally, NICCA is a reminder that progress is not only built through medicines and innovation, but through policy that protects families from both disease and financial catastrophe.
Help bring more visibility to what’s possible – share this, start the conversation, and advocate for stronger systems so every child, everywhere, has a fair chance to survive.”
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