St. Jude, WHO partner to get cancer meds to sick children around the world

By , Daily Memphian Updated: February 11, 2025 6:49 PM CT | Published: February 11, 2025 6:20 PM CT

St. Jude and WHO said they’d begun delivering lifesaving medicines for children with cancer in pilot countries Mongolia and Uzbekistan, with the next shipments planned for Ecuador, Jordan, Nepal and Zambia. 

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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital World Health Organization Dr. James Downing
Aisling Mäki

Aisling Mäki

Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender. 


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