Joan was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, when she was 16 years old. At the time, she lived with her parents and two
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Meet some of the patients, families and teams who have inspired us in our work to ensure children with cancer in the developing world have equal access to treatment and care.
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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Meet 10-year old Jasmin. After several months of feeling unwell, Jasmin’s parents took her to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib
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Phu is 1 and a half years old. Her parents noticed that she had a white spot in her eye when she was 5 months old so
Patients and Families 12.05.17
A celebration of life... The House of Hope, attached to a hospital in the Philippines, is a haven for children
Patients and Families 08.05.17
Zaw is a 6 year old boy with Down's Syndrome, who is currently staying on the paediatric oncology ward with his father
Patients and Families 08.05.17
Hla is 10 years old and has been suffering with synovial sarcoma – a rare form of cancer which occurs in the soft
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When Labeba became ill at eight years old, her family thought it was just a fever that would pass after a few days. As
