Abdul Samed Zurak

Ghana

Abdul Samed Zurak is the Chief Executive Officer of Zurak Cancer Foundation, a policy-oriented, youth-run nonprofit that provides an innovative solution to cancer prevalence through education, awareness programs, skills acquisition for medical professionals, and screening programs in underserved communities. He is passionate about primary oncology health care and developed a training program called the Basic Oncology Training Program, to provide basic oncology skills to community health workers to deliver oncology health care services at the primary point of health care in Ghana.

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