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Malaysian doctor wins global award for cancer research - superadmin - 04-06-2023

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KUALA LUMPUR: Universiti Malaya’s obstetrics and gynaecology professor Dr Woo Yin Ling 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.

In a statement today, the ROSE Foundation said Woo had conceptualised and executed an innovative cervical screening programme incorporating human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling, known as Programme ROSE (removing obstacles to cervical screening).

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