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Workshop on Nuclear Security Policy and Practice in Africa opens in Accra

February 9, 2017 AFRICSIS 0

A five-day capacity-building workshop on nuclear security in Africa has opened in Accra with a focus on how national and international approaches can prevent terrorists, —Read More—

IAEA Focus on Africa: Remarks at World Cancer Day

February 4, 2017 AFRICSIS 0

In fact, around 80 percent of Africa’s 1.2 billion people have no access to radiotherapy and related cancer services at all. I was shocked to —Read More—

Humanitarian Approaches to Nuclear Weapons Detonations and Nuclear Testing: Africa focus

January 23, 2017 Hubert Foy 0

This consultation paper is a product of the workshop on humanitarian impacts of nuclear testings in the African continent that took place in Accra, Ghana, —Read More—

Sculpture depicting St. George slaying the dragon. The dragon is created from fragments of Soviet SS-20 and United States Pershing nuclear missiles. Credit: UN Photo/Milton Grant

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

October 6, 2016 Hubert Foy 0

“Let us pledge to work for the total elimination of nuclear weapons with urgency and a sense of collective purpose. Our very survival depends upon —Read More—

Demonstration of a patient set up for radiotherapy at the Vienna General Hospital in 2016. The IAEA promotes access to radiation therapy and its safe use. Photo: IAEA

Improved UN database spotlights huge global disparities in access to cancer care

October 6, 2016 Hubert Foy 0

A revamped global database launched today by the United Nations atomic agency highlights startling disparities across the world when it comes to access to treatment —Read More—