World Health Organisation The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus. announced the appointment of Henrietta Lacks family as WHO Goodwill Ambassadors for Cervical Cancer Elimination. World Health Summit in Berlin Ghebreyesus made the announcement at the ongoing World Health Summit in Berlin, hosted by the presidents of Germany, France and Senegal, alongside WHO director-general. Henrietta Lacks WHO chief, in a statement said, the appointment was in a recognition of their efforts to champion cervical cancer prevention and to preserve the memory of Henrietta Lacks, who died from cervical cancer in 1951. Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman, died in 1951 from the disease, but left behind an extraordinary legacy through the unique properties of her cancer cells, which became the first “immortal” cell line, able to replicate outside the human body, providing countless medical breakthroughs since then. Henrietta Lacks The so-called HeLa cells were taken from her […]