What is this day all about?
International Childhood Cancer Day is a global collaborative campaign (February 15th) to raise awareness about childhood cancer and to express support for children and adolescents with cancer, the survivors, and their families.
Do you know?
Every 3 minutes, a child dies of cancer- how urgent is this?
Every year, more than 400,000 children and adolescents below 20, are diagnosed with cancer. The rate of survival depends on the region, with 80% survival in most High-Income Countries but as low as 20% only in Low and Middle-Income Countries.
The Target Goal of the WHO Global Childhood Cancer Initiative is to eliminate all pain and suffering of children fighting cancer and achieve at least 60% survival for all children diagnosed with cancer around the world by 2030.
This represents an approximate doubling of the current cure rate and will save an additional one million children’s lives over the next decade.
Theme for 2023
The year 2023 is being celebrated under the theme of ‘Better Survival’ is achievable #throughtheirhands.
Suyog Dhakal
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