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  • Take Action
  • For Families

The Issue

Late Detection

Treatment Abandonment

Treatment Abandonment

One of the biggest problems with paediatric cancer in Pakistan is that children either go undetected, or reach hospitals too late for treatment. 

Treatment Abandonment

Treatment Abandonment

Treatment Abandonment

A lot of children suffering are from out of Karachi. Families come from interior Sindh, Baluchistan, KPK and Punjab. They have nowhere to stay and have to leave their jobs back home, losing their only source of income. Hence, they abandon treatment partway. 

Malnutrition

Lack of Holistic Care

Lack of Holistic Care

Access to nutritious food is a problem for most families since they come from out of town. These children end up subsisting on junk food or food with preservatives since these families don't have kitchens to cook in.

Lack of Holistic Care

Lack of Holistic Care

Lack of Holistic Care

Since poverty is so rampant in Pakistan, the focus has always been to provide medication and treatment to the children, Unfortunately, education, counselling, and emotional support, by virtue of necessity, are quite low on the list of priorities.

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