Hania Morsi Fadl

Fadl practised medicine in Sudan for four years before moving to the United Kingdom on a government scholarship.^[2] She specialised in diagnostic radiology, working for several years at St Bartholomew's Hospital.^[3] In 1987 she was appointed as a consultant in radiology in Birmingham.^[3] She joined the National Breast Cancer Screening Program as a consultant in Charing Cross Hospital in 1990, and remained there until 2008.^[3] She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists.^[4]

In 2008 Fadl established the Khartoum Breast Cancer Centre, a not-for-profit facility that provides screening and diagnostic services to vulnerable women.^[3] She was one of the first radiologists in Sudan, and the first to diagnose breast cancer.^[5] The centre was supported by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.^[6] The centre is the only one of its kind in the Horn of Africa, and offers subsidised and often free treatment.^[6] Staff from the centre go to schools and universities to raise awareness, giving lectures and teaching young women how to self-examine.^[6] They use medical equipment purchased from General Electric, which was impacted by America's economic sanctions on Sudan.^[4] In 2015, the US embargo against Sudan resulted in Fadl lobbying the US government for ten weeks to repair the only digital mammography machine in the country.^[7] The sanctions impact the types of chemotherapy drugs that the centre can offer and result in surgeons relying on non-calibrated anesthesia machines.^[7][8][9]

Fadl was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Birthday Honours, "For services to improving healthcare for women in Sudan".^{[2][10][11][12]} That year she was also awarded an Order of Distinction from Omer Hassan Al-Bashir.^[2] Fadl was awarded a Social Leadership Award at the London Arabia Organization's Arab Women of the Year 2017 awards.^{[13][14][15][16]} In 2018 she was interviewed by the World Association for Sustainable Development.^[1] In February 2018 OkayAfrica recognised Fadl as one of Africa's Top 100 women.^[2][17]