EVENT TITLE
High-Level Technical Meeting on Adoption of Alternative Technologies to Replace High-Risk Radioactive Sources used for External Cancer Treatment in Africa: Establishing Medical LINAC Spare Part and Service Hub in ECOWAS
BACKGROUND
This one-day meeting will bring together a West African audience comprising medical LINAC operators and engineers, radiotherapy departments heads, and policy- and decision-makers in regulatory authorities, key hospitals, public health ministry to work out technical and operational parameters toward establishing a Medical LINAC Spare Part and Service Hub in ECOWAS. Representatives from other stakeholder groups including device manufacturers, professional associations, regional organisations, or initiatives, and representatives from select foreign entities interested in cancer research, security issues, and investment in technology opportunities will also be invited.
The meeting aims to encourage private sector investment in public-private partnerships in establishing a regional hub to maintain an inventory of spare parts and to provide comprehensive maintenance services. It enhances regional cooperation and private sector involvement in the adoption and sustainable use of alternative technologies to replace high-risk radioactive sources used for external cancer treatment. This is an essential activity because nuclear security initiatives in the area of external cancer treatment must be both relevant to the local context and sustainable in approach.
Varian Medical Systems in Switzerland is the primary funder.
Attendance at this closed-door event is by invitation only.
Contact
Regina Osei-Bonsu
Administrator, African Center for Science and International Security, Accra
+233 578 586 540
admin@africsis.org