This event will spotlight how the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer is driving progress on NCDs and ensuring no child is left behind.

Join the livestream to unite with global leaders to advance childhood cancer outcomes in LMICs with data-driven solutions and locally led research.

You are warmly invited to a high-level UNGA80 Side Event co-hosted by:
SIOP & MSK Kids Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)

Supported by: MSK Kids’ SNF Global Pediatric Cancer Program, St. Jude Global, Foundation S “My Child Matters”, Childhood Cancer International (CCI)

This event will:
✔️ Take stock of progress of the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC)
✔️ Showcase collaborative projects in data mapping, workforce building, research capacity, and access to medicines
✔️ Highlight perspectives from families and people with lived experience
✔️ Reaffirm the global commitment to achieving 60% survival and end of suffering for all children with cancer by 2030

This event is open to everyone interested in advancing childhood cancer care and outcomes worldwide, and registration is free of charge.

Register now to secure your spot for the livestream!

Date: Friday, 26 September 2025
Time: 16:00 – 17:40 EDT/22:00 – 23:40 CEST

Register

Are you in New York during the UNGA80 and will be able to attend in-person? Please contact the SIOP Office info@siop-online.org for more details and information.

Agenda Highlights:

  • 16:00 – 16:10
    Opening remarks “Milestones and New Opportunities to expedite the GICC Goals” by Dr Guillermo
    Chantada (SIOP President) & Dr Andrew Kung (Chair, Department of Pediatrics, MSK)
  • 16:10 – 16:45
    Panel 1 “SIOP Global Mapping: Data to inform policy & Building the Childhood Cancer Workforce of
    Tomorrow”
    Moderator(s): Dr Rejin Kebudi (SIOP Secretary General) & Ira Dunkel (MSK, Pediatric Oncology, SIOP
    WHO- NSA Cmt Member)
    Panelists: Dr Maite Gorostegui (SIOP Global Mapping), Dr Catherine Lam (St Jude Global), Dr André
    Ilbawi (WHO), Dr David Abramson (MSK), Dr Joyce Kambugu (SIOP Africa President)
  • 16:45 – 17:20
    Panel 2 “The Case for Driving Equity through Transformative Approaches: The Global Access to
    Childhood Cancer Medicines Platform & SIOP Research Capacity Programme”
    Moderator(s): Dr Maja Beck-Popovic (SIOP WHO NSA Engagement Committee) & Dr Nickhill Bhakta (St
    Jude Global)
    Panelists: Dr Roberta Ortiz (WHO), Dr Liliana Vásquez (PAHO), Dr Carl Allen (SIOP PARC Programme
    Chair), Dr Shushan Hovsepyan (SIOP Global Health Network, Research and Innovations), Mrs Alejandra
    Méndez (Childhood Cancer International Chair Elect), Dr Claire Wakefield (SIOP Continental President
    Oceania)
  • 17:20 – 17-40
    Closing Remarks followed by Networking Reception
    “Conclusions and Re-affirming shared Commitments” by Dr Jeremy Farrar (WHO), Dr Carlos Rodríguez-
    Galindo, (St Jude Global), Dr Bente Mikkelsen (St Jude Global), Dr Guillermo Chantada (SIOP)

The agenda and concept note can be accessed here.

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