Changing how childhood cancer is recognised, funded, fought and supported.
The Azaylia Foundation exists to drive change in childhood cancer.
We fund research. We support families. And we challenge a system that still treats childhood cancer as rare.
Because for the children and families living through it, it is anything but.
CANCER IS THE NUMBER ONE DISEASE-RELATED CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN IN THE UK
Every year in the UK:
- Around 1,900 children are diagnosed with cancer
- Five children are diagnosed every day
Four children die every week
Yet childhood cancer receives **less than 3% of cancer research funding**.
This gap exists largely because childhood cancers are still classified
as rare diseases.
That classification shapes funding priorities.
It influences research investment.
And it slows the development of treatments designed specifically for children.
For families facing childhood cancer, the consequences of that system are real.
