Uganda, May 9 -- Nation Media Group-Uganda (NMG-U) has partnered with the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) to fight cancer among children.

The initiative, which is dubbed Cancer Colour Run 2024 and organised by the Uganda Child Cancer Foundation (UCCF), aims at raising awareness about childhood cancers.

This year's run, which is slated to take place on May 19, will be started at the UCI offices.

Speaking to the media yesterday, Ms Elizabeth Namaganda, the head of marketing at NMG-U, said: "We know the largest population in the country is the young and we have reports of childhood cancer cases which are on the rise due to abandoned treatment."

She added that many people are concentrating on adulthood cancer.

"We have got several cases of...