Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: We all deserve an equal chance to beat cancer

Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu shared a post on LinkedIn:

”Regardless of age, sex, color, location, or religion, we all deserve an equal chance, to beat cancer.

My Dear UICC Members join me, and let us dare to aspire! Participate and vote at the General Assembly on October 8. Lines open from 3am-5pm CET.

To read about my vision and commitment to you, please click.

Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu – UICC PRESIDENT-ELECT CANDIDATE.”

Joshua Omale shared this post, adding:

“Everyone everywhere deserves an equal chance to beat cancer. With Her Excellency, Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu as President, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), we’re surely going to achieve this sooner than expected. You’ve got this ma’am! The right person for the job.”

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Sources: Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu/LinkedIn and Joshua Omale/LinkedIn

The transcript of Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu’s speech.

Hello my dear colleagues, advocates and friends. My journey with the UICC started six years ago when you elected me to the board in the World Cancer Congress in Kuala Lumpur. Since then you have voted for me two more times.

I am now here to ask for your continued support that you vote me as the president-elect in the next General Assembly in October 2024. Aside from my personally engaging as many of you as individuals as well as your organizations, I have contributed to many of the UICC’s objectives as chair of the Knowledge, Advocacy and Policy Committee, an active member of the Access to Oncology Medicine Task Force and so many other committees like the Summit and Congress, Membership as well as Governance. I have participated and contributed to many UICC activities, publications and reports, some of which focus on your member activities.

In 2022, IAC’s reports showed us that there were 20 million new cancer cases globally along with 9.7 million deaths. Lung and breast cancer were the most common. By 2050, this is predicted to increase to 35 million new cancer cases with double the mortality rates, the burden of which lies in low middle income countries in the global south.

If you support me and vote for me as your president-elect, I will focus on closing the global inequities in cancer by building more partnerships between our members from the high and the low income countries. Together, we will push advocacy to expand membership of the UICC and ensure that the agenda of the organization is shared far and wide. I will be active about fundraising that will support member activities and impact in their communities.

I urge you to vote for a president that is reachable, approachable and capable. That president is me and my name Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu. Thank you.

Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu is a global cancer advocate, a pediatrician, a UICC Board Member,  Founder of the Medicaid Cancer Foundation, and the Chairperson of First Ladies Against Cancer (FLAC). 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. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu is a member of the Editorial Board of OncoDaily.

Joshua Omale is a Cancer Advocate and a Student Member of the Coalition Against Childhood Cancer (CAC2). Joshua is committed to raising awareness and providing support for childhood cancer. His professional expertise lies in bioinformatics, genomics, and cancer research. He also has extensive experience and a strong interest in research, personal development, leadership, strategic communication, and marketing.