The Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines (Global Platform), created by the World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (St. Jude) in 2021, aims to provide an uninterrupted supply of quality-assured cancer medicines to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). St. Jude has committed to an initial US $200 million investment to support the development and launch of the Global Platform in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Supply Division and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Strategic Fund.
As of 2025, 12 countries are participating in the pilot phase of the Global Platform, including Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Jordan, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and Zambia. Countries around the world are taking bold steps to improve access to life-saving cancer medications for children and to advance equitable health outcomes for pediatric cancer patients in alignment with SDG 3.2 and 3.4.1 of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, especially in LMIC settings. Together, St. Jude, WHO, partner organizations, and these 12 countries are making strides towards achieving the Global Platform’s goals.
Webinar objectives:
Following the Fourth High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing (HLM4), this virtual event will spotlight country experiences and explore how the Global Platform fosters country readiness through multisectoral collaboration and collective action, supported by national stakeholders and Global Platform partners. The session will focus on practical, country-driven examples of readiness, partnership and impact.
We welcome you to join us and look forward to your participation as we strengthen collaboration and drive greater collective impact for children with cancer around the world.
Agenda:
- Welcome and opening remarks
- Childhood cancer in the HLM4 political declaration
- What country readiness means in the context of the Global Platform
- How collective action works in practice to achieve country readiness
- Country reflections on key lessons learnt
- Closing remarks
