Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu: Grateful to medical women’s association of Nigeria for the Award of Recognition

Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu shared a post on X:

“Grateful to Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria for the Award of Recognition in acknowledgment of my efforts to enhance the health and wellbeing of women in my community.

This came after being a panelist in their first ever African Women in Medicine, Health, and Wellness conference.

We discussed ‘Leveraging Existing Platforms for Cervical Cancer Screening’.

A few days ago, World Health Organization (WHO) announced, via its NCD Director, Bente Mikkelsen, the prequalification of an additional HPV test, to be used on a high throughput platform in combination with self sampling.

Despite worries about cost, it represents a key development for expanding screening programs to help detection and prevention of cervical cancer.

I also re emphasized the need to fully incentivize health workers and obtain their buy into programs we expect them to run.”

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).

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.