STRENGTHENING MEDICAL IMAGING CAPACITY

improving health outcomes through imaging

BY THE LANCET ONCOLOGY COMMISSION ON MEDICAL IMAGING AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND THE LANCET ONCOLOGY COMMISSION ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Events

Strengthening Medical Imaging Capacity

A webinar in support of the WHA Resolution, organized by ISR and WFNMB

March 25, 2025, 13:00-14:30 CET

Watch the recording here
 
  1. Welcome & Moderation, Hedvig Hricak, Chair of the Lancet Oncology Commission on Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine

  2. Why a WHA Resolution on Strengthening Medical Imaging Capacity is needed
    • Théophile Olivier Bosse, First Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cameroon in Geneva (7min)
    • Marcelo Queiroz, Director of Radiology, Cancer Institute, Hospital das Clínicas da Facultade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

  3. Overview of WHO’s current work on strengthening medical imaging capacity, Adriana Velazquez Berumen, World Health Organization (7min)

  4. Overview of IAEA’s support of medical imaging in particular in the context of the Rays of Hope initiative, May Abdel-Wahab, Director of the Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency (7 min)

  5. Strengthening medical imaging – the time is now!
    • Bibb Allen, President, International Society of Radiology (ISR) (7 min)
    • Andrew Scott, World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WFNMB) (7 min)

  6. Transformative Impact of Imaging on Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa, Wil Ngwa, Chair of the Lancet Oncology Commission on Sub-Saharan Africa (7 min)

  7. Q&A chaired by John Prior, WFNMB, and Giovanni Guido Cerri, University of São Paulo – 40min