The Harvard Gazette

Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries

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Costs of treatment for certain common cancers are as little as $100 per course of treatment in developing nations.

Affordable cancer treatments available

Report reveals how millions of lives could be saved in developing countries

Health|

DateOctober 28, 2011July 26, 2019

“The provision of adequate health care in settings of poverty is by definition difficult, but the past two decades have taught us that setting our standards high can help bring new resources to bear on old problems,” says Paul Farmer, chair of the Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine.

Urgent matters

Health leaders push for better cancer care in developing countries

World|

DateAugust 15, 2010June 13, 2019