Cameroon, like many other low- and middle-income countries, experiences a high rate of childhood cancer. Although 80 percent of children with cancer in high-income countries survive, only about 10 to 20 percent of children survive up to five years after diagnosis in...
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Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer but continues to be a leading cause of disease and death for women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). More than 300,000 women die of cervical cancer each year, with more than 90 percent of deaths...
Childhood pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in low- and middle-income countries, claiming nearly 800,000 lives every year.[1] In Indonesia alone, an estimated 10,000 lives are lost to this preventable illness each year.[2][3] Children suffering from...
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) has been awarded a five-year Bill & Melinda Gates (BMGF) grant to produce annual global forecasts for malaria commodities such as insecticides, insecticide-treated nets, treatments, and diagnostics. These forecasts are...
