Hania Morsi Fadl

Hania Morsi Fadl is a Sudanese-British radiologist and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Khartoum Breast Cancer Centre.

Early life and education Fadl graduated from Alexandria University in 1970.

Career Fadl practised medicine in Sudan for four years before moving to the United Kingdom on a government scholarship. She specialised in diagnostic radiology, working for several years at St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1987 she was appointed as a consultant in radiology in Birmingham.

Health activism in Sudan In 2008 Fadl established the Khartoum Breast Cancer Centre, a not-for-profit facility that provides screening and diagnostic services to vulnerable women. The centre was supported by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The centre is the only one of its kind in the Horn of Africa, and offers subsidised and often free treatment. The sanctions impact the types of chemotherapy drugs that the centre can offer and result in surgeons relying on non-calibrated anesthesia machines.

Honours 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". That year she was also awarded an Order of Distinction from Omer Hassan Al-Bashir. In 2018 she was interviewed by the World Association for Sustainable Development.