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Mar 5, 2025, 12:44
Wafaa M Rashed: Leadership is not just about power; it is about responsibility
Wafaa M Rashed, Faculty Lecturer of pharmacy at Ahram Canadian University, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“The Words That Must Become Action.
“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.”
— John F. Kennedy, July 25, 1963
“We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.”
— John F. Kennedy, October 24, 1963
Powerful words. But six decades later, are we living up to them?
- 400,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year.
- Many—especially in low- and middle-income countries—never get the chance to fight.
- Not because their cancer is untreatable, but because the world has not prioritized them.
JFK’s words remind us that leadership is not just about power; it is about responsibility.
So I ask global policymakers today:
- If children are our “best hope for the future,” why is childhood cancer still massively underfunded?
- If children “will not be the victims of our neglect,” why do survival rates still depend on where a child is born?
- If we know the solutions—sustainable funding, equitable access, research-driven treatment—why are we not implementing them?
The world must decide:
Will these words remain history, or will they become the catalyst for action?”
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