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Marwa Koçak

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Marwa Koçak is a digital journalist and translator based in the UK with a multilingual background and with an interest in Middle East affairs. Her work has been published in various outlets, including Al Jazeera, The New Arab, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, and has been translated into many languages.
Istanbul, Ankara take action on HPV vaccination, as government delays promised national programme
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Istanbul, Ankara take action on HPV vaccination, as government delays promised national programme

  • Marwa Koçak
  • 1 April 2025

The two largest cities in Türkiye have stepped in to promote HPV vaccination at a local level, including free inoculation for young people from the poorest families, as the state fails to deliver on its commitment to add HPV to…

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Voices from Gaza: caught between conflict and cancer
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Voices from Gaza: caught between conflict and cancer

  • Marwa Koçak
  • 10 October 2024

In every conflict, it is the most vulnerable who suffer the most. The great majority of Gaza’s population of two million now live in terrible conditions, with poor sanitation, limited access to clean water, infectious diseases rife and precarious access…

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Patients in Turkey sue for reimbursement as the price of cancer drugs escalates
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Patients in Turkey sue for reimbursement as the price of cancer drugs escalates

  • Marwa Koçak
  • 15 May 2024

[stampo_standfirst] An acute financial and economic crisis in Turkey has led to the value of the Turkish Lira plunging and domestic inflation soaring, reaching almost 70% in March. The resulting price surge in imported cancer drugs is hitting cancer patients…

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From stigma to strategy: Egypt’s journey in combating cervical cancer
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From stigma to strategy: Egypt’s journey in combating cervical cancer

  • Marwa Koçak
  • 12 January 2024

Before 2021, there was little official focus on cervical cancer in Egypt. The World Health Organization's 2021 report indicated that fewer than 1 in 10 Egyptian women had been screened for cervical cancer in the previous five years. That was…

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‘Fragile’ cancer patients hit by Turkish earthquake need urgent support
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‘Fragile’ cancer patients hit by Turkish earthquake need urgent support

  • Marwa Koçak
  • 22 March 2023

Hakan Büyükhatipoğlu was at home with his family in Gaziantep at 4.17 in the morning of 6th February when the earthquake struck. The epicentre of that first quake was less than 40 km from the city. Less than 12 hours…

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HPV vaccination set to be rolled out across Turkey… with controversial exclusions
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HPV vaccination set to be rolled out across Turkey… with controversial exclusions

  • Marwa Koçak
  • 14 December 2022

Turkey’s minister of health announced on 24th November that the government is planning to start an HPV vaccine rollout. “We will start vaccination with a designated group and gradually expand its scope,” said health minister Fahrettin Koca in a speech at…

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Tackling cancer when there’s no functioning state: the Al-Amal model
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Tackling cancer when there’s no functioning state: the Al-Amal model

  • Marwa Koçak
  • 7 October 2022

Six years ago, Mada accompanied her daughter to the gynaecologist for an early pregnancy scan. Whilst she was there, the physician suggested Mada herself get a check-up. “The doctor at first thought I had a very large cyst on my…

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