NewzDr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, a renowned paediatrician and cancer control campaigner from Nigeria, has assumed the presidency of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). With this appointment, she becomes the first African to head the global cancer control body.
The development is seen as breaking a major barrier in global cancer advocacy, raising hopes for improved cancer care and outcomes across the African continent.
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