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Launch of Partnership Against Breast Cancer

On March 14, 2008, Ambassador Garza and his wife, María Asunción Aramburuzabala de Garza, joined U.S. First Lady Laura Bush and Mexico’s First Lady Margarita Zavala to formally launch the U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research. This Partnership seeks to bring together experts from the U.S. and Mexico in the fight against breast cancer. (Read the Ambassador's newsletter)

"My mother battled her cancer for more than a decade, until her death in 1972. Years later, my sister’s life would take her down the same path," said Amb. Garza. "I learned several things from both experiences: early detection makes the difference between seeing your children grow up or having your life abruptly cut short." Bertha Aguilar, Chair of the CIM*ab Foundation; Laura Bush; Margarita Zavala; Ambassador and Mrs. Garza at the facility of the CIM*ab Foundation.

U.S. First Lady Laura Bush and Mexico's First Lady Margarita Zavala bear witness to the signing of the Partnership by Ms. Bertha Aguilar, President of the CIM*ab Foundation; Dr. Alejandro Mojar, Director General of the National Cancer Institute; Dr. Kendra Woods, Director of Extramural Programs of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; and Mrs. Hala Moddelmog, President and CEO of 'Susan G. Komen for the Cure'.

"In the United States, 50 per cent of the cases are detected in these early stages and the five-year life expectancy for these women is 98 per cent, and there are 2.5 million survivors. It is time that this progress reaches not only Mexico, but the entire world," said Ambassador Garza at the formal launch of the Partnership.