International Cancer
Center Signs agreement On Cancer Control In Africa
Uche Aneke, Vienna
The
International Cancer Centre Abuja ICCA has signed an
agreement with the International Atomic Energy
Agency, IAEA, on cancer control in Nigeria and
Sub-Saharan Africa.
VON correspondent in Vienna reports that Nigeria’s
First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar'Adua, signed on behalf
of the centre while Professor Werner Burkart, Deputy
Director General and Head of Nuclear Sciences and
Applications of the IAEA, signed for the agency.
The agreement was signed at the IAEA Headquarters in
Vienna after a meeting between the ICCA Board of
Trustees with the out-going Director General of the
Agency, Dr Muhammed El-Baradei.
Collaboration
Yar'Adua called for collaboration between the two
organisations especially in the areas of prevention
,early detection therapy and management of cancer .
She said that the partnership would help in the
reduction of the scourge of cancer not only in
Nigeria, but also in West Africa.
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