Sri Lanka, May 20 -- "The true measure of success in childhood cancer is not only how many children survive, but how they live," Sri Lankan Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said while addressing a special session on childhood cancer care held on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva.

Global health leaders meeting in Geneva have pledged to raise the survival rate of children with cancer to at least 60 percent by 2030 under the World Health Organization's Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer.

Speaking at the session titled "Measuring survival, driving change - Advancing equity through the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer," Dr. Jayatissa stressed that children who survive cancer must be given...