MAHAK’s founder member of GICC regional working group

She is also a member of the regional board of Childhood Cancer International (CCI) which is working in line with the aims of the mentioned initiative at the regional level.

In September 2018, WHO announced a new undertaking – the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer – with the aim of reaching at least a 60% survival rate for children with cancer by 2030, thereby saving an additional one million lives. This new target represents a doubling of the global cure rate for children with cancer.

The aims of the Initiative are two-fold: to increase the prioritization of childhood cancer through awareness raising at global and national levels, and to expand the capacity of countries to deliver best practices in childhood cancer care. Concretely, WHO will support governments to assess current capacities in cancer diagnosis and treatment including the availability of medicine, equipment, and technologies; establish and fund priority cancer diagnosis and treatment programs; and integrate childhood cancer into national strategies, health benefits packages, and social insurance schemes.

 Saideh Ghods