As an Astra Zeneca Global Breast Cancer Care Council Member and contributing author, I am pleased to share that the Improving Breast Cancer Outcomes Through Quality Care: Call to Action for the Implementation of the Breast Cancer Care Quality Index, has now been formally published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, highlighting a global shift toward breast cancer strategies grounded in measurable quality, accountability across the care continuum, and health systems responsive to the lived realities of women everywhere.

Developed through multidisciplinary collaboration among clinicians, patient advocates, policy experts, and health system leaders, the BCCQI provides a practical framework to assess and strengthen breast cancer care across early detection, timely diagnosis, comprehensive management, and health system resilience. Its emphasis on patient navigation, referral coordination, workforce capacity, data systems, and patient-centred measurement is particularly critical for low and middle-income settings, where targeted system strengthening is essential to accelerate equitable progress toward the World Health Organization Global Breast Cancer Initiative targets.

At The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, these priorities shape our work to translate global policy into locally grounded programmatic action. Through the MamaCare360 program and our broader cancer engagement strategy, we advance patient-responsive care models and referral and care coordination pathways that strengthen community awareness and improve continuity of care across the cancer journey.

In parallel, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa was also pleased to recently support World Cancer Day activities in Nigeria alongside SAMBAI Patient Advocacy and TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance, reinforcing the importance of community leadership, advocacy, and partnership in advancing cancer outcomes. This perspective publication, therefore, stands as both a technical roadmap and a shared responsibility to ensure that quality is systematically defined, measured, and delivered, so that no one is left behind.