Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: ASCO24 has been such a wonderful experience

Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu shared on X:

“ASCO24 has been such a wonderful experience. The research presentations, patient stories, and array of professionals are truly inspiring. With each step, I am reminded of the wide gaps in cancer control between the global north and south.

I look forward to a time we can provide the infrastructure, organization, resources and content to host such gatherings at the same scale in Africa.”

Source: Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu/X

Her Excellency Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu is the First Lady of Kebbi State, a global cancer advocate, a pediatrician, a UICC Board Member, a Founder of the Medicaid Cancer Foundation, and the Chairperson of First Ladies Against Cancer (FLAC), a coalition of the spouses of current and former state governors in Nigeria who are working to address gaps in the cancer continuum of care.

In her role as the First Lady of Kebbi State, Dr Bagudu is working with the state ministries of health, education, and women affairs to implement programs to sustainably improve menstrual hygiene, girl-child education, economic empowerment of women, and put an end to gender-based violence. Her Excellency is a member of the Editorial Board of OncoDaily.