Santiago Millan, Technical Lead, Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines at World Health Organization (WHO), shared on LinkedIn:
“We recently held a stakeholder engagement webinar to announce the plans to scale up the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines. Many participants joined us across all six WHO regions. I’m grateful for your continued commitment to improving outcomes for children with cancer worldwide.
Webinar recording is now available for those that couldn’t make it or would like to share with colleagues.
Key sections:
- 00:04:30 Opening remarks by Dr Jeremy Farrar, Assistant Director-General, Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Care, WHO
- 00:08:37 Opening remarks by Dr Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Director, St. Jude Global, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- 00:15:45 Mongolia’s journey with the Global Platform, presented by Dr Tsetsegsaikhan Batmunkh, Director General, Department of Public Health Policy Implementation, Ministry of Health
- 00:28:50 Global Platform progress update and call for applications for new countries, presented by yours truly
- 00:56:00 Closing remarks by Dr Alarcos Cieza, Unit Head, Management of NCDs, Department of NCDs and Mental Health, WHO
- 01:01:30 Ecuador’s journey with the Global Platform, presented by Dr Lissette Mármol Egas, National Focal Point for Childhood and Adolescent Cancer, Ministry of Public Health
The call for applications for countries is open until 9th September. For more info.”
Tsetsegsaikhan Batmunkh, Director of the Public Health Department at the Ministry of Health of Mongolia, shared this post, adding:
“Was privileged to present experience of Mongolia on implementing Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer medicines.
Thank you World Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for this lifesaving initiative for children suffering with cancer.”