“When my wife, Shyama, and I returned to India after living overseas for 22 years, we were looking to bridge the need gap in health care for children,” Nihal Kaviratne, founder of St Jude India ChildCare Centres, said, looking back on the years that gave rise to his chain of centres for cancer-affected children from rural India.
After an exhausting run of non-governmental organisations and hospitals, and long deliberations with friends and family, the Kaviratnes found themselves staring at a thick bunch of intractable problems, but what stood out was the sheer magnitude and corrosive impact that cancer had on

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