KUALA LUMPUR: Dr Woo Yin Ling, who is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Universiti Malaya, has won the prestigious 2023 Rachel Pearline Award in recognition of her global contribution to cancer research and practice in low- and middle-income countries.
Rose Foundation, in a statement Wednesday , said Dr Woo had conceptualised and executed Programme ROSE , an innovative cervical screening programme that incorporates human papillomavirus self-sampling.
"Programme ROSE is the culmination of a huge collaborative effort from many Malaysians who believe in the vision of a cervical cancer-free Malaysia,” she said. The programme is the initiative of the Rose Foundation, whose goal is to make Malaysia one of the first countries in the region to be free of cervical cancer, the second most common cancer locally among women aged below 44 years old.
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