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Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu
Founder/CEO Medicaid Cancer, President elect of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu is a pediatrician and public health advocate recognized for her leadership in immunization, cancer prevention, and health system reform in Nigeria and globally. A leading advocate for HPV prevention, Dr. Bagudu was instrumental in the introduction of the single-dose HPV vaccine in Nigeria in 2023.
Currently the President elect of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)—and the first African to hold this position, Dr. Zainab also co-chairs Nigeria’s Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force, serves on the Global Initiative Against HPV advisory board, is a steering committee member of the Coalition for HPV and Cervical Cancer (CHIC), and is a Global Ambassador of the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition.