International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Dear SIOP Members and Colleagues,
On behalf of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), we wish to express our deepest gratitude for your leadership, dedication, and continued commitment to advancing the global childhood cancer agenda.
As many of you know, during the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA80), SIOP and MSK Kids, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) — with the support of MSK Kids’ SNF Global Pediatric Cancer Program, St. Jude Global, Foundation S “My Child Matters,” and Childhood Cancer International (CCI) — convened the high-level side event “Childhood Cancer: Accelerating Global Progress.”
This gathering reinforced our shared commitment to improving survival and reducing suffering for children with cancer around the world.
We now face a pivotal moment. As the international community moves toward the finalization and adoption of the Outcome Declaration of the Fourth High-Level Meeting (4HLM) on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), the inclusion of childhood cancer in the current draft represents a major achievement — but one that is not yet guaranteed.
We urgently call on all SIOP members, partners, and the global paediatric oncology community to take immediate action by engaging your national governments, UN Missions, and key policymakers to advocate for the preservation of the following paragraph in the final 4HLM Declaration:
“Improve childhood cancer survival through scaling up interventions in order to achieve a survival rate of at least 60% globally by 2030, as proposed by the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC).”
This reference is critical to sustaining global momentum and ensuring that childhood cancer remains a priority within the global NCD agenda.
We encourage you to mobilize your networks and use your voice to ensure that this historic opportunity is not lost. A template advocacy letter is available here to support your outreach here.
Together, we can make a difference for the millions of children and families affected by cancer worldwide.”
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