King Hussein Cancer Centre signs cooperation agreement with IAEA

AMMAN — The King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC) has announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the latter’s headquarters in Vienna, according to a KHCC statement.

KHCC Director General Asem Mansour and IAEA Deputy Director General Najat Mukhtar signed the agreement. The event was attended by the Jordanian Ambassador in Vienna Lina Al Hadid, in addition to the President of the agency’s health department, Mai Abdulwahab and several other department heads.

Mansour said that with the signing of this agreement, the KHCC has become the first collaborative centre of its kind in the region to be accredited by the IAEA. Through this new partnership, the centre will share its expertise in advanced cancer care with the IAEA.

“We are delighted to be here today and celebrate this blooming partnership, as we join efforts to target a diverse spectrum of areas starting with radiation oncology, nuclear medicine, medical physics, radiology, and even expanding to include nutrition,” he said.