World Child Cancer shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) in Tokha, Nepal, joined the first grassroots training on recognizing early warning signs of childhood cancer, helping strengthen early detection at the community level.
World Child Cancer coordinated a series of awareness sessions in Tokha Municipality to support FCHVs, women often described as the backbone of local health systems.
This programme was conducted under the Early Warning Signs and Symptoms (EWSS) initiative, made possible through our collaboration with Amgen (Sean Lybrand, Philip Anderson), and delivered in partnership with Tokha Municipality.
Led by Dr. Bishow Nath Adhikari and his team, the sessions highlighted how local volunteers can play a key role in ensuring timely diagnosis and treatment.
Our thanks also go to Together Against Childhood Cancer and the Ramesh Gupta Memorial Trust for their invaluable support in making this training possible.
Empowering community health volunteers ensures that children with cancer are recognized, referred, and treated sooner. When women have the right knowledge and support, entire communities grow stronger, and more children can access the care they need in time.”
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