Cancer survival should not be pegged on where a child is born

Medical practitioners and residents of Uasin Gishu County march in the streets of Eldoret to mark World Cancer Day. [File, Standard]

Every year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) data shows that more than 400,000 children and adolescents worldwide are diagnosed with cancer. In high-income countries, more than 80 per cent of these children survive. However, in many low and middle-income countries, survival can fall below 30 per cent.