"My child matters" – childhood cancer in developing countries

UICC launched the "My child matters" initiative on World Cancer Day 2006 to support children with cancer and their families.

• In developed countries about 75% of children with cancer survive, but in resource-constrained countries most children do not. "My child matters" is the largest and most comprehensive childhood cancer programme in resource-constrained settings.
•  “My child matters” has already funded 25 pilot projects in 16 countries, covering public awareness, early detection, treatment and follow-up care, professional education, and palliative care.

Call for projects

Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Pakistan, Paraguay

Up to 10 projects selected to start in 2009 

Up to € 50,000 awarded to each project in the first year

Support may be extended for a second year

Grant priorities and conditions

• grant priorities
  
• rules and regulations

• background
  
• history

• download the application form
• read more about how to apply

For more information

•  Press release template ( en français) ( en español)

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UICC: Aline Ingwersen,
Head, Campaigns and Communications
+41 22 809 1811

My child matters is a UICC and sanofi-aventis partnership

that has already launched projects in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Senegal, Tanzania, Ukraine, Venezuela and vietnam.

 download the poster