The Institute of Cancer and Crisis (ICC) shared on LinkedIn:
“OncoCorridor
When war closes doors,
we open corridors!
‘No war should end a patient’s chance to live.‘ – HRH Princess Dina Mired
Leaders in global hashtag#oncology, humanitarian health, and international organizations have officially come together for the launch of OncoCorridor, a groundbreaking initiative designed to connect cancer patients in conflict zones with treatment centers around the world.
In this powerful feature on OncoDaily, HRH Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, Humanitarian and Global Health Leader, speaks candidly about the devastating realities faced by cancer patients trapped in war zones.
She challenges the global community to rethink how humanitarian healthcare systems respond to cancer during conflict, emphasizing how war destroys not only hospitals and infrastructure, but also the vital continuity of care for patients whose treatment cannot pause.
Drawing from her experience leading the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center, she shares moving stories of refugee cancer patients arriving exhausted, traumatized, and facing advanced-stage disease after fleeing violence and displacement.
Princess Dina examines the major systemic failures in humanitarian cancer care, including a lack of sustainable financing, inadequate international coordination, political barriers, overwhelmed healthcare systems, and the absence of long-term frameworks for displaced patients.
She also highlights the ethical dilemmas surrounding fragmented donor support and the dangerous normalization of suffering in conflict settings.
A core focus of the discussion is the urgent need for structured international solutions, such as humanitarian oncology corridors, cross-border referral systems, digital patient coordination, and global solidarity financing mechanisms.
In conflict-affected regions, cancer care is often the first thing lost.
OncoCorridor bridges that gap, connecting cancer patients in conflict zones to treatment centers worldwide.
Watch the full coverage from the OncoCorridor launch in Geneva here: ‘No war should end a patient’s chance to live’ – Princess Dina Mired.”
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