Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer beneficiaries
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500,000
Global · as of 15 Sep 2026
Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer beneficiaries stood at 500,000 as of 15 September 2026 (WHO).
- Publisher
- WHO
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- New strategy to build a healthier market for childhood cancer medicines
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Since WHO and partners launched the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer in 2018, nearly 500 000 children in 90 countries have benefited from strengthened systems to provide care and address inequalities.
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- World Health Organization. (2026). New strategy to build a healthier market for childhood cancer medicines. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.who.int/news/item/15-09-2026-new-strategy-to-build-a-healthier-market-for-childhood-cancer-medicines. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9JCGMDR9A7EGMWZHBRZ3D7Y4QF
- MLA
- World Health Organization. "New strategy to build a healthier market for childhood cancer medicines." 2026, https://www.who.int/news/item/15-09-2026-new-strategy-to-build-a-healthier-market-for-childhood-cancer-medicines. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9JCGMDR9A7EGMWZHBRZ3D7Y4QF.
- Chicago
- World Health Organization. "New strategy to build a healthier market for childhood cancer medicines." 2026. https://www.who.int/news/item/15-09-2026-new-strategy-to-build-a-healthier-market-for-childhood-cancer-medicines. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9JCGMDR9A7EGMWZHBRZ3D7Y4QF.
- BibTeX
- @misc{who2026initiatived7y4qf, author = {{World Health Organization}}, title = {New strategy to build a healthier market for childhood cancer medicines}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9JCGMDR9A7EGMWZHBRZ3D7Y4QF}, note = {Original source: https://www.who.int/news/item/15-09-2026-new-strategy-to-build-a-healthier-market-for-childhood-cancer-medicines. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- World Health Organization · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- New strategy to build a healthier market for childhood cancer medicines
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- New strategy to build a healthier market for childhood cancer medicines
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_9JCGMDR9A7EGMWZHBRZ3D7Y4QF