Inspiring meeting with the First Lady of #Uzbekistan, Her Excellency Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, a champion for childhood cancer control and improving the lives of children diagnosed with cancer.
The Zamin Foundation, chaired by Mrs Mirziyoyeva, plays a pivotal role in advancing pediatric oncology services and providing hospital-based education through the Republican Children’s Oncology and Hematology Centre in the capital Tashkent, and the “Mehrli Maktab” school operating out of the centre and across the country.
Through these facilities, the First Lady and all health workers and educators involved are giving children living with cancer the medical and social support they need to overcome their illnesses and realize their dreams.
I was pleased to meet many young Uzbeks being provided care and hope thanks to the facilities. They included Samira, a young cancer survivor who participated with the First Lady and I at a side event on childhood cancer at last year’s United Nations General Assembly in New York, and Dilnavoz (another cancer survivor), a talented artist whose goal is to be an interpreter in the future.
I also committed @WHO’s ongoing support to help them reach their targets and collaborate with regional and international partners to help more children succeed in their battles with cancer.
