An inaugural event to take place on nutrition and childhood cancer to be held on May 28th, 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland during the World Health Assembly. The World Health’s Organization (WHO), Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer/WHO (IARC) and the International Initiative for Pediatrics and Nutrition (IIPAN) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (New York) will be co-sponsoring a stakeholder’s meeting on recent advances in nutrition and childhood cancer and how these have impacted health outcomes. The meeting will convene international stakeholders advancing nutrition within the context of chronic diseases, with a focus on challenges, solutions, and opportunities in building institutional capacity (region and country focus), clinical education, and advances in the delivery of care to advance policy initiatives. We will highlight ongoing education and research efforts being led by the GICC, IARC and IIPAN.