Hania Morsi Fadl | |
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| Alma mater | Alexandria University |
| Occupation | Diagnostic radiology |
| Known for | Women's health activism |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, including Hadeel Ibrahim |
| Honours | Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists |
Hania Morsi Fadl OBE is a Sudanese-British radiologist and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Khartoum Breast Cancer Centre.
Fadl graduated from Alexandria University in 1970. [1]
Fadl practised medicine in Sudan for four years before moving to the United Kingdom on a government scholarship. [2] She specialised in diagnostic radiology, working for several years at St Bartholomew's Hospital. [3] In 1987 she was appointed as a consultant in radiology in Birmingham. [3] She joined the National Breast Cancer Screening Program as a consultant in Charing Cross Hospital in 1990, and remained there until 2008. [3] She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists. [4]
In 2008 Fadl established the Khartoum Breast Cancer Centre, a not-for-profit facility that provides screening and diagnostic services to vulnerable women. [3] She was one of the first radiologists in Sudan, and the first to diagnose breast cancer. [5] The centre was supported by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. [6] The centre is the only one of its kind in the Horn of Africa, and offers subsidised and often free treatment. [6] Staff from the centre go to schools and universities to raise awareness, giving lectures and teaching young women how to self-examine. [6] They use medical equipment purchased from General Electric, which was impacted by America's economic sanctions on Sudan. [4] In 2015, the US embargo against Sudan resulted in Fadl lobbying the US government for ten weeks to repair the only digital mammography machine in the country. [7] The sanctions impact the types of chemotherapy drugs that the centre can offer and result in surgeons relying on non-calibrated anesthesia machines. [7] [8] [9]
Fadl was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Birthday Honours,"For services to improving healthcare for women in Sudan". [2] [10] [11] [12] That year she was also awarded an Order of Distinction from Omer Hassan Al-Bashir. [2] Fadl was awarded a Social Leadership Award at the London Arabia Organization's Arab Women of the Year 2017 awards. [13] [14] [15] [16] In 2018 she was interviewed by the World Association for Sustainable Development. [1] In February 2018 OkayAfrica recognised Fadl as one of Africa's Top 100 women. [2] [17]
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