KATHMANDU, March 28 -- The country signs an agreement to join the GPACCM on Wednesday

Nepal will be receiving 35 types of childhood cancer medicines free of cost for the next four years, with the country joining the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines (GPACCM).

Nepal is one of the six countries worldwide and the only one in the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region selected by the GPACCM platform to participate in this novel initiative.

The Ministry of Health and Population, in this regard, signed an agreement with the WHO on Wednesday. The global platform is an initiative by St Jude Global and WHO to increase access to lifesaving childhood cancer medicines in low- and middle-income countries.

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