In wealthy countries, a child diagnosed with cancer often has an excellent chance of survival. But in lower resource countries, survival rates are dramatically lower. What's going on?
In wealthy countries, a child diagnosed with cancer often has an excellent chance of survival. But in lower resource countries, survival rates are dramatically lower. What's going on?A child undergoing cancer treatment. Countries in the Global South often have far lower survival rates for childhood cancer than in wealthy nations.
Dr. Ndella Diouf is a pediatric oncologist who treats children at Dalal Jam Hospital in Guediawaye, Senegal. Earlier this year she administered a drug to children with leukemia undergoing chemotherapy; she says they suddenly began vomiting and violently shaking.Within an hour of taking the drug, the children developed a high fever, she says, another indication of possible drug contamination — and a dangerous turn of events since chemotherapy weakens the immune system.
Yet without foreign aid to help finance such testing, doctors across Africa are often left wondering whether a patient's deterioration is a consequence of the disease itself — or the medication. "There's only a small market, so the question is, how do you get a reputable supplier to take that on and really maintain quality control?" she says.
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