Jenny is two years old and lives in Takoradi, one of the major cities in Ghana. Her mother, Patience, wanted to share
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Latifa's storyGhana
Latifa came from a large, loving family in Zoosali, a village in northern Ghana. She was just three years old when she developed eye cancer.
Latifa’s family first noticed that something was wrong when a white spot appeared in her eye. When traditional medicines and eye drops failed to work, Latifa’s parents took her to the eye clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi where she underwent eye removal surgery.
The surgery cost Latifa’s family two months’ income, leaving them under severe financial pressure. Without enough money to pay for the
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Latifa came from a large, loving family in Zoosali, a village in northern Ghana. She was just three years old when she
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Nine-year-old Hope lives in Malawi and is the youngest of six children. In October 2016, her mother noticed a small
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Betty has worked as the playworker at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital’s (QECH) Paediatric Oncology ward in Blantyre
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Dalida is the Data Manager at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), supported by World Child Cancer, and has been
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Moses is seven years old and lives in Mozambique. In November 2016, he was diagnosed with cancer but like many children
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Rachel Hollis is a Children’s Cancer Nurse from Leeds with many years of experience working with children and young
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Dr. Farzana Khan is a specialist in palliative medicine and pain research in Bangladesh . She has worked closely with