When a child has cancer, they very often have to stay at home due to the fact that the cancer itself and the treatments used to fight it can weaken the body’s immune system making it easy for them to catch germs and get ill, and because their system is so weak they will get […]
New Drug Approved for CINV Treatment
We recently did a blogpost on Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), a common — and often costly — problem among patients with cancer. Chemotherapy drugs are very powerful and they cause damage to many growing cells, including some healthy cells. This damage causes the side effects of chemotherapy, which can include Nausea and Vomiting; Diarrhoea; Constipation, […]
Africa/America Partnership to Fight Childhood Cancer in Africa
A comprehensive initiative called Global HOPE (Haematology-Oncology Paediatric Excellence) has recently been launched in public-private partnerships between American institutions and the governments of Botswana, Uganda and Malawi. The $100m Paediatric Haematology-Oncology treatment network has been created in order to build long-term capacity to treat and dramatically improve the prognosis of thousands of children with cancer and blood disorders […]
Childhood Cancers on the Rise in Ghana
Childhood cancer is on the increase in Ghana with only two out of ten children with cancer surviving in the country. Mr Dennis Ocansey, the Programme Manager of the Non-Communicable Disease Control Programme (NCD) at the Korle-bu Teaching hospital has indicated that childhood cancers have increased in the country over the years. He said the […]
Michael Bublé’s Son Cancer-Free!
Michael Bublé and his wife, Luisana Lopilato’s 3 year old son Noah was diagnosed with a very rare type of liver cancer, which affects only 1 in 1 million children, in November, 2016. The parents immediately sought the best treatment and Noah then underwent a 4-month journey of treatment. In early February, Noah’s Aunt Daniela Lopilato, a nutritionist, who was […]
International Childhood Cancer Day ~15th February
February 15th is International Childhood Cancer Day; a day on which individuals across the globe create awareness around the fact that cancer does not discriminate by age. Today we also think about all the children who are fighting cancer and their families and wish them Love, Light & Healing and remember all our Little Fighters who […]
This candle burns for Little Fighters who lost the Battle
🎗Always in our Hearts 🎗
