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Deddeh E. P. Supuwood

Deddeh E. P. Supuwood

Liberia's first and only medical oncologist; Head of the Oncology Unit at John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Monrovia, and President of the Liberia Medical & Dental Association.

Sep 6, 2026

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28:08
Yes.
28:08
Yeah.
28:09
And another thing is that it also comes with a lot of advocacy.
28:14
I did not think that I would be so much into advocacy, but I found myself in a space where I have to be an advocate.
28:22
So now I'm not just advocating for my patients.
28:26
I'm also advocating for my colleagues because being the president of LMDA now, the Liberian Medical and Dental Association, which is the national party responsible for developing doctors and blah, blah, blah.
28:40
I have to advocate and to advocate, you got to learn how to negotiate and you got to learn how to be, you know what I mean? It's a lot of lessons that I'm learning along the way.
31:50
What is that space? How are you hindering that as well?

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