Two women oncologists receive Global Humanitarian Award

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Two women in oncology have been named recipients of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society’s 2024 Global Humanitarian Award.

The award honors “individuals, organizations or programs that work to improve access to quality gynecologic oncology services in low- to middle-income countries or in areas of need within more developed nations,” according to a press release.

Mila Pontremoli Salcedo, MD, PhD (left) and Ida Ismail-Pratt, MBchB, MRCOG (right) have been named 2024 Global Humanitarian Award recipients. — **Mila Pontremoli Salcedo, MD, PhD,** (left) and **Ida Ismail-Pratt, MBchB, MRCOG,** (right) have been named 2024 Global Humanitarian Award recipients.
*Photos courtesy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and International Gynecologic Cancer Society.*

Mila Pontremoli Salcedo, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the department of gynecologic oncology and reproductive medicine, and director of Cervical Cancer Prevention in Global Oncology, Cancer Network at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Ida Ismail-Pratt, MBchB, MRCOG, president of Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology Singapore (SCCPS), an OB/GYN specialist and medical director for The Obstetrics & Gynecology Centre, Singapore, are being honored for their “clinical expertise and commitment to mentorship and training to reduce the burden of cervical cancer in areas of the world that need it most,” according to the release.

Pontremoli Salcedo directs training and education in cervical cancer prevention for programs in Texas, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, among other low-resource areas. Additionally, she is a gynecologist who conducts research on cervical cancer prevention, dedicates time to International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) Global Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program site in Mozambique as an international mentor, and has led Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) sessions.

Ismail-Pratt leads the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS) ECHO committee, which provides a support platform for physicians on management of patients with HPV. She is also a founding member of the Asia Pacific HPV Coalition that works to address HPV-associated issues in the Asia Pacific through research and advocacy initiatives and has helped to establish and support a preinvasive training program and colposcopy workshops in Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam and other countries in Asia, according to the release.

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