Assessing and Implementing Nursing Standards in Pediatric Oncology Units in a Low- to Middle-Income Country

As efforts against infectious diseases progress across low- to middle-income countries (LMICs), noncommunicable diseases, particularly childhood cancer, have emerged as a major concern (Hinds & Linder, 2020). Nearly 90% of children with cancer reside in LMICs. However, this may be an underestimated figure because of a paucity of reliable data and population-based cancer registries (Bhakta et al., 2019).