High-income countries can now cure around 80% of children with cancer, but 80% of the world’s children have no access to this treatment. The group supports individual trainees, junior doctor training and nurse training, as well as various projects in developing countries. Members of the group also have links with individual projects in various countries, including Pakistan, Malawi and Nepal.
Some of our projects
Supportive care information leaflet
The group has produced an information leaflet for parents and children in low- and middle-income countries, focusing on prevention and treatment of side effects of chemotherapy. This has been translated into several local languages and distributed to hospitals in those countries. The leaflet is also available on the CCLG website. There are now plans to use the information in the leaflet to make a video to run in hospitals and educate parents and patients.
Nurse training workshops
The first Foundation Oncology Skills Workshop for Paediatric Nurses took place in Chandigarh, India in 2014. Forty three delegates, including 4 junior doctors, attended the workshop. They came from hospitals in Chandigarh, neighbouring cities and states of India and 2 from Nepal. The workshop was a combination of lectures and hands-on skills. For the majority of the delegates this was the first formal educational opportunity specifically related to childhood cancer. They were delighted to receive their certificates which will now form an important part of their portfolio.
The delegates received the talks enthusiastically and there was very good audience participation. The overall feedback was excellent. The workshop was funded by donations from and money donated to the CCLG Global Child Cancer group fund and a grant from the CCLG.
Thanks to the ongoing support received we have been able to continue the collaboration between CCLG Global Child Cancer group and the Paediatric Haematology Oncology Chapter of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, with subsequent workshops in Bangalore, Kolkata and Pune, as well as expanding to Pakistan. More than two hundred nurses, working in paediatrics, bone marrow transplant units, radiotherapy and adult oncology have been able to attend coming from hospitals within the host cities, neighbouring cities and states.
Support the work of our Global Child Cancer group
We have opened an online donation page so that you can make a direct donation to the work of our Global Child Cancer group. You can also make a donation £3 by texting CCLG 3 PODC to 70300 [this is an old number, do we have a new one or does one need setting up?.
Make a monthly donation to Global Child Cancer by Direct Debit Click here to set up a Direct Debit donation (choose Paediatric Oncology in Developing Countries from the list of funds)
Iraq
Through working with CCLG members with connections to Iraq, we’re aiming is to increase the survival rate for children with cancer in Iraq and give them the best available treatment.
Wars and sanctions in the last 4 decades have had a bad toll on the country’s infrastructure. Healthcare has deteriorated due to neglect and because of lack of essential medical supplies, equipment, and the lack of proper training, the patients have little chance of getting the treatment and care they need. Despite the struggles, the Iraqi paediatric oncologists do the best they possibly can to give the best care to treat their patients.
With the funds we collect we would like to carry out these projects:
- Provide support to diagnose difficult cases
- Provide treatment advice from world class experts
- Provide nurses, oncologists, pathologist, nutritionist and other specialist training
- Provide information leaflets and posters to raise awareness in the public and medical world about childhood cancers and how to spot the symptoms earlier
- Buy essential medical equipment, patient room necessities, hand sanitisers and more
- Fund transport of patient samples to specialist diagnostic laboratories in the West
Together we can improve the survival rate for children with cancer and give them the chance to live a healthy life and thrive.