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Journal of Public Health Policy and Planning | Volume: 2
August 27-28, 2018 | London, UK
International Conference on
Healthcare and Health Management
Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Joint Event
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he number of cancer patients and survivors worldwide
continues to grow as a result of our aging and growing
population. Research has shown a crisis of the cancer care
delivery system resulting in large numbers of cancer patients
combined with increasingly complex treatments and rising
costs associated with health care. Advances in genomics and
a call for precision medicine have supported these concerns
and still our expenditure on cancer care has continued to rise
disproportionately.There are multiple factors within the health-
care system that impact the experience of the cancer patient
and oncology provider. Most women with cancer are often the
primary social support of their family creating unique social
impediments for the families of patients. Additionally, part of
the diagnosis of breast or gynecologic malignancy may include
a perceived loss of “womanhood” and related body image
concerns. This work will also look at the historical inequality,
cultural perceptions, and attitudes and implicit bias and its
impact on the way that the female cancer patients interact with
the health-care system and may likely to complicate shared
decision-making and generate psychological barriers to quality
care delivery. The multilevel interventions needed to advance
the care and experience of the breast and gynecologic cancer
patient, are, therefore, distinct. In this issue of Frontiers in
Oncology and Women’s Health, we have to explore the specific
challenges of the cancer care delivery system as it relates to the
care of women with breast and gynecologic cancer. In this work,
we will be looking at all the sub-fields related to oncology like
supportive care, onco-dermatology, etc. At the end of the work,
contributionwould have beenmade to theworld of knowledge.
Speaker Biography
Fatimah Aji enjoys access at the highest levels to key decision makers in both public
and private sectors globally and especially in Africa. She has championed the building
and strengthening of economic and political relationships between the emerging
countries and economies of Africa and those of the more developed world, always
with the goal of poverty reduction and capacity building through education and
through the creation of employment opportunities to benefit particularly women.
She supports the promotion of information technology as a key tool for both social
and business-to-business networking and this is an essential part of her mission to
improve the quality of life for women in Africa, and to create meaningful opportunities
for all. She was one of the first women to organize the All African First Lady Summit
on peace, economic development, and the empowerment of women in Africa. She
has used her impressive managerial skills to highlight and promote sustainable
development in the poorest nations of Africa and to highlight the impressive
success and achievements of those that are more prosperous. She is the Princess
of support, encouragement, empowerment, and hope, for the woman of Peace.
e:
vowia@yahoo.comFatimah Aji
Voice of Women in Africa, UAE
Cancer care delivery and Women’s health