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Oct 23, 2023, 15:51

Princess Dina Mired: As a mother of a cancer survivor, my heart goes out to all the innocent children in Gazza who now have to wait whilst cancer is ravaging their tiny bodies since there is no more chemotherapy

HRH Princess Dina Mired of Jordan shared on her X (Twitter):

“Cancer loves wars and conflicts. During wars, cancer reigns supreme with no opposition to its deadly plans: No chemotherapy, no surgery and no radiation to stop cancer in its track. (in fact in Gazza radiation-therapy was never allowed even before this latest war)

As a mother of a cancer survivor, my heart goes out to all the innocent children in Gazza who now have to wait whilst cancer is ravaging their tiny bodies since there is no more chemotherapy…the ultimate nightmare for any parent…

The sad reality is, that the below kids in the picture might die from bombing, hunger or thirst, well before cancer has its final say.

I implore all to demand ceasefire NOW to help all innocent civilians have breather to receive food, water and medication.”

Source: Princess Dina Mired / X (Twitter)

Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan is a humanitarian, passionate global advocate for Cancer Control and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and mother of a cancer survivor. She is the Patron of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), Honorary President of the EORTC Research Fund, and Honorary Ambassador of Harvard Global Health Win-Win Initiative. Her Royal Highness is the Past – President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), and former Director-General of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation. In September 2011, she was elected to deliver the keynote speech on behalf of all civil society at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly first ever high-level meeting on NCDs.