The write-up highlights the global challenge of childhood cancer, revealing that around 400,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed annually, with significant disparities in survival rates between high-income and low- to middle-income countries (LMICs). Childhood cancer, often incurable through prevention or screening, sees over 80% survival in high-income countries but less than 30% in LMICs. Key issues contributing to poorer outcomes in LMICs include delayed diagnosis, limited access to care, treatment abandonment, and avoidable deaths from toxicity or relapse. Efforts to improve outcomes emphasise early and accurate diagnosis, essential medicines, and cost-effective treatments, with a focus on prompt intervention. The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer in 2018, aiming for a 60% survival rate by 2030. The initiative includes the Cure All framework, a technical package, and the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines
Ignorance, which in matters of morals extenuates the crime, is itself, in intellectual matters, a crime of the first order: Joubert
As we anticipate snowfall in the coming days, let s reflect before the snow blankets everything, burying our worries and prayers made with tears and supplications. Allow me to share a private message from my family s WhatsApp group, consisting of two
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Srinagar faces a severe shortage of green spaces, with only 169 parks covering 287 hectares, falling 50% short of recommended green space according to urban development guidelines. Contrary to WHO standards, Srinagar provides just 2.6 square meters of open space per resident, far below the recommended nine square meters. Now part of the Partap Park is being conevrted into a concrete structure for a memorial to security personnel who fell in the line of their duty. The declining green spaces have contributed to worsening air quality and air pollution-related health issues in Srinagar.