AMBASSADOR BRINKER PRESENTATION FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT THE WHITE PALACE

Belgrade, 13 May 2009 – HE Ambassador Nancy Brinker from the United States, founder of “Susan G. Komen for Cure Foundation”, HRH Crown Princess Katherine, Dr Tomislav Stantic, State Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Prof. Dr Dragana Jovanovic, City Secretary of Health of Belgrade, held a press conference today in the White Palace about fighting the breast cancer.

After the press conference , Ambassador Brinker made a presentation about “Imagine life without breast cancer” for over 150 physicians who came from all health institutions of Serbia, and talked about her experience in working for the prevention of breast cancer for over 25 years. “Susan G. Komen for Cure Foundation” was founded in 1982, and has raised over $1 billion for the prevention and research of breast cancer.

In her speech Ambassador Brinker said: “I have been deeply honoured to visit Serbia as the guest of Her Royal Highness Princess Katherine, who is such an exceptional role model and a true agent of change in so many ways. She is not someone who is satisfied with the status quo, and her dedication and outlook are amazing. Because the truth is that it is sometimes very difficult to work in this field: it is a world full of human tragedy, pain and heartbreak. As we saw in the film, it is still a world full of misunderstanding and global ignorance. Despite all we’ve done, our first challenge is still at the beginning: to teach societies about the basics; to break the dangerous but stubborn cultural taboos about this disease”.

The first results of the cooperation among “Susan G. Komen for Cure Foundation” and Lifeline Humanitarian Organization, whose patron is HRH Crown Princess Katherine, as well as the HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation in Serbia, is the training of four technicians from Serbia at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, one of the most prominent health institutions in the world in the field of breast cancer treatment, worth $25,000.