Geneva, Feb 11, 2025 (AFP) - WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines

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2025-02-11

The World Health Organization on Tuesday launched a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates. The first medicines were being delivered to Mongolia and Uzbekistan, the WHO said, with further shipments planned for Ecuador, Jordan, Nepal and Zambia, as part of the project's pilot phase. The treatments are expected to reach around......

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