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. 2014 Jun 17;11(6):e1001656.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001656. eCollection 2014 Jun.

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

Sumit Gupta  1 , Roberto Rivera-Luna  2 , Raul C Ribeiro  3 , Scott C Howard  3
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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

Sumit Gupta et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Dr. Sumit Gupta and colleagues discuss the need for national cancer strategies for children in low- and middle-income countries and suggest how such strategies could be implemented.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Funding sources of the Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediátrica of Guatemala.
The red area indicates funding from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the blue area funding from all other sources. An initial outlay of funds from St. Jude was subsequently leveraged into additional resources from both government and private donors. The creation of an independent fundraising organization (Fundación Ayúdame a Vivir, http://ayuvi.org.gt) was essential to this outcome. Similar successes may be possible in other settings; the role and best use of seed funding from HIC centers requires further investigation.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Top-down and bottom-up approaches to improve pediatric cancer care.
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