The seven-month National Cancer Control Planning integrating Children, Adolescents & Young Adults (NCCP iCAYA) is a knowledge exchange program hosted by St. Jude Global since 2022 that has engaged 70 ministry-designated teams from 39 countries across all six World Health Organization regions. The program explores real-world scenarios in national programs, policy and legislation through the lens of the CureAll framework, which underpins the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer synthesizing evidence from fields including pediatric oncology, global public health, and policy and systems science.
Bringing together ministry experts, clinicians, civil society and lived experience leaders and advocates, NCCP iCAYA offers guided collective reflection exercises alongside tools to apply systems thinking, fostering communities of practice to transform outcomes meaningfully and sustainably for children, adolescents and young adults everywhere.
Applications for the National Cancer Control Planning integrating Children, Adolescents & Young Adults (NCCP iCAYA) Cohort 2026 are now open and will close February 24, 2026. If you are interested in applying to participate in the series, please start by completing the individual online application as early as possible, and no later than the deadline of February 24, 2026.
After the individual Online Application is submitted, one signed Ministry letter and one completed Statement of Collaboration are required per eligible Country Team, by March 3, 2026. Please note that the signed Ministry letter and the completed State of Collaboration need to be submitted via email to healthsystems@stjude.org.
- The seven-month knowledge exchange program* is intended for those actively engaged in childhood cancer control integration and implementation in your country (policy, surveillance, service delivery, etc.) and would be working as part of a Ministry-designated team.
*Sessions will be conducted March – August 2026 (80 minutes) 7 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. CT (Memphis time), on the fourth Tuesdays of the month, with open Capstone in September 2026 (90 minutes), via Zoom. Sessions will be in English with simultaneous translation anticipated in French/Spanish/Russian, with consideration for additional languages based on the final cohort.
- For additional background, please review the one-page overview, along with a sample Ministry template letter and Statement of Collaboration for Participant and Mentor Country teams. Based on the submitted individual online applications, eligible Country Teams and Regional Experts will be contacted. As such, we encourage country teams to submit individual applications as early as possible. Please see the Related Documents menu at the bottom of the page for application materials in English, French and Spanish.
- We welcome all interested to join one or both Office Hour sessions in January/February to learn about NCCP iCAYA, and the experiences from the 2023, 2024 and 2025 Cohorts. Register here for one or both sessions:
- Session 1 (January 29, 2026) - Please check this event time in your local time zone here.
- Session 2 (February 17, 2026) - Please check this event time in your local time zone here.
Office Hour sessions will be in English with simultaneous interpretation anticipated in French/Spanish, with consideration for additional languages based on the participants.
Please email us at healthsystems@stjude.org with any questions or feedback you may have.
Read more about the collaborative work of St. Jude Global with the NCCP iCAYA Indonesia team, Ministry of Health in Indonesia and UN partners:
As a reminder, each country team needs to submit one Ministry letter and one participant or mentor collaboration statement, in addition to the individual application.
