Sergey Badalyan, Medical Oncology Resident at Yeolyan Hematology and Oncology Center, Publishing Editor at OncoDaily, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Saving One Million Children: WHO’s Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC)
I spoke with Catherine Lam (Hematologist-Oncologist; Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Childhood Cancer at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital) about what actually moves the needle in childhood cancer outcomes, beyond awareness campaigns.
Key points we covered:
- WHO’s GICC goal: help countries reach ≥60% survival for children with cancer and save ~1 million lives through system-level improvements.
- CureAll framework: a practical roadmap for building childhood cancer care into national health systems, covering diagnosis, referral pathways, treatment access, workforce, medicines, and data.
- Why it matters economically: strengthening childhood cancer care isn’t just ‘nice to have’, it’s a long-term investment with major health and societal returns.
- Armenia as a partner country: what partnership can look like when the focus is sustainability (not one-off projects).
If you work in oncology, public health, policy, or advocacy, this initiative is worth following, and getting involved in.
Apply to National Cancer Control Planning integrating Children, Adolescents and Young Adults 2026.
Watch the conversation.”
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