Today, WHO and the National Oil Corporation (NOC), together with its international partners ENI, Repsol and TotalEnergies, signed a multi-million dollar agreement to strengthen treatment services for children with cancer in Libya. Health outcomes of children with cancer in Libya have been jeopardized by acute shortages of paediatric cancer medicines, essential equipment and shortages of trained staff including specialist paediatric oncologists. The funding will ensure that 722 children enrolled for cancer treatment in the main paediatric hospitals in Tripoli and Benghazi will receive specialized care over a period of 18 months. Ms Hoff added that WHO’s goal was to give children in Libya with cancer the best possible chance of survival and enable them to live a full and abundant life. WHO will use this generous donation to procure medicines, supplies and equipment for seven hospitals that are treating child cancer patients.

Source: Libya Today January 27, 2022 20:04 UTC