Afghan Cancer Control Advocacy Meeting – 5th April, 2016 BACKGROUND & UPDATE In June 2015 UK Progressive ran a feature about the lack of breast cancer care and awareness in Afghanistan (Read HERE): It recorded the interest expressed by H.E. The First Lady, Mrs Rula Ghani, in addressing the situation. It also described the embryonic first steps towards formation […]
Aspire Award for Afghan doctor
AWSF member Dr Zarghuna Taraki has been honoured with an APN (Afghan Professionals Network) Aspire Award for her achievements as a breast surgeon at University College London Hospital. Dr Taraki, who is one of a small number of female Afghan surgeons in the UK, was honoured for her “great achievements in this competitive field”. The APn Aspire Awards is a […]
Afghanistan’s First Lady backs cancer campaign
A killer disease has united two women living 3,500 miles apart. One is a sufferer, the other a surgeon. Until recently they were strangers, but a London-based networking group brought them together in the wake of a campaign that has now attracted the support of Afghanistan’s First Lady writes Glyn Strong (UK Progressive). When a […]