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Pediatric oncology as the next global child health priority: The need for national childhood cancer strategies in low- and middle-income countries [1]

While the last several decades have witnessed tremendous advances in cure rates for childhood cancer, these improvements have not translated to low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), where the majority of children reside. In this article, we outline why pediatric cancer should now be considered a global child health priority, describe the need for national childhood cancer strategies (NCCS), and highlight necessary policy components to reduce LMIC pediatric cancer mortality rates.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
17/06/2014
Sumit Gupta [3], Roberto Rivera-Luna [4], Raul C. Ribeiro & et al [5]
PLoS Medicine [6]
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Tags:
Cancer [7], Child Health [8], Information [9], Developing Countries [10], Africa [11], South America [12], Mexico [13], Guatemala [14], El Salvador [15], Health Care [16], Asia [17]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/pediatric-oncology-next-global-child-health-priority-need-national-childhood-cancer

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[2] http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001656
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sumit-gupta
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/roberto-rivera-luna
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/raul-c-ribeiro-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-medicine
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