It is difficult to appear in London and New York on the same day, at least physically. Queen Letizia was yesterday morning in the British capital to attend the convocation of World Cancer Research Day and, in the afternoon, via telematics, spoke at the event on rare diseases in a parallel forum to the United Nations Assembly held in the city of skyscrapers. Both the fight against cancer and the desire to give visibility to rare diseases are two of the causes in which the Queen is involved as honorary president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) and the Spanish Federation of Rare Diseases (FEDER).
Letícia took part in a colloquium in London that discussed the importance of including all social groups and minorities in cancer treatment research. The Queen was interested in the challenges and opportunities presented by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against disease.
The Queen’s intervention at the forum on health that took place in New York was done electronically. Letícia sent a message, recorded in the Zarzuela, to promote a resolution of the World Health Organization (WHO) in favor of universal health coverage for people with rare diseases. The Queen recalled the special problem of those affected by the difficulty of finding a diagnosis, in addition to the multiple disabilities, dependency and destruction of educational, social and professional opportunities that a rare disease entails.
