Hope for Muhammadkhoja

Before he turned seven, Muhammadkhoja’s legs began to tremble. His family thought it was fatigue. Then came the MRI and a diagnosis: a brain tumour. 

The types of cancer that occur in childhood are quite different from those in adulthood. Childhood cancer is not preventable, but it is curable.

Muhammadkhoja’s story is at the heart of how Uzbekistan is strengthening its system of treating childhood cancer with quality-assured effective medicines, supported by WHO’s Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC) and the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines (Global Platform).