During COVID-19 pandemic As Nuclear Medicine Departments worldwide scramble to modify routine operations and establish standard operating procedures to minimize risks of exposure to their patients, staff, and the public, the IAEA is exerting a concerted effort to support Member States tackle the current COVID-19 pandemic. Sharing knowledge among peers...

The IAEA, in collaboration with International Organizations, is committed to supporting facilities for radioisotope and radiopharmaceutical production during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Join us on the webinar “COVID-19 Pandemic: Supply of Medical Radioisotopes and Radiopharmaceuticals” on Thursday, April 23 2020, 14.00 – 15.30 CET (Vienna time). The webinar will have the...

The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) is an international organization founded in 1987 and based at the offices of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), in Trieste, Italy. It is a program unit of UNESCO.  OWSD is the first international forum to unite eminent women...

Dear colleagues, Faced with the current COVID-19 pandemic, Nuclear Medicine Departments worldwide are adapting their routine operations to minimize risks of exposure to their patients, staff and the public. In addition to establishing standard operating procedures during these unprecedented times, it is essential to contain the virus transmission, and protect those...

Call for Applications 2021 For more information about the Scholarship and application process, go to www.mandelarhodes.org Opening date for 2021 applications is 16 March 2020 Closing date is 16 April 2020

Medical Physics for World Benefit (MPWB) (www.mpwb.org) is hosting a webinar entitled “COVID-19-Related Issues: A Medical Physics Perspective from Italy”. The COVID-19 pandemic provides unique challenges for Medical Physicists. This webinar will enable participants to learn from the experience of the Medical Physics Department in Milan, Italy. Specific questions will be...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is organizing the third International Conference on Advances in Radiation Oncology (ICARO-3), following the successes of the first and second conferences (ICARO-1 and ICARO-2), which were held in 2009 and 2017. The advances in radiotherapy in the last years have been striking, although numerous...

“Today, more than ever, medical devices are indispensable to save lives” Once confirming good quality, we should make every effort to ensure medical devices for COVID are: available, accessible, appropriate and affordable to those that need them the most, and to deliver training for safe use! ————————————————— Dear colleagues, as...

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WHO Medical Devices Newsletter Dear colleagues, we are all facing very difficult times in the world with the COVID pandemic. Some extracts from WHO media briefing:  Today’s  Friday 13, WHO news: https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/13-03-2020-who-un-foundation-and-partners-launch-first-of-its-kind-covid-19-solidarity-response-fund  “Funds will go towards actions outlined in the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to enable all countries...