Biden rolls out global Cancer Moonshot effort, targeting cervical cancer
Source: The Hill
09/21/24 8:10 PM ET
President Biden announced Saturday a new program and funding for research on cancer surgeries as part of his administration’s Cancer Moonshot initiative, aimed at reducing cancer deaths.
“So I’m proud to announce that our four countries, the leaders behind me, and many organizations here today are committing over $150 million for HPV, HPV screening and therapeutics, and next year, doctors and nurses in the US Navy will begin a program to train Indo-Pacific counterparts in conducting cervical cancer screening and vaccination so we could reach every woman in the region and it matters, folks,” Biden said in a joint meeting and dinner with the leaders of Australia, Japan and India.
Biden had invited the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) members to his home state of Delaware.
The president’s son, Beau Biden, died from brain cancer in 2015. Biden began his remarks with a story about how he had promised Beau, whom the president noted was dying at the time, that he would stay involved with cancer research.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4892574-biden-cancer-moonshot-quad-cervical-cancer/
Link to White House FACT SHEET - Fact Sheet: Quad Countries Launch Cancer Moonshot Initiative to Reduce the Burden of Cancer in the Indo-Pacific
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