St. Jude, WHO partner to get cancer meds to sick children around the world
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is partnering with WHO to help children worldwide. (Courtesy St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
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 DowningAisling Mäki
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