Model Demonstration Sites
- The Americas
- PACT in the Americas
- Europe
- PACT in Europe
- Africa
- PACT in Africa
- Eastern Mediterranean
- PACT in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
- West Pacific
- PACT in the West Pacific Region
- South East Asia
- PACT in South East Asia
































22 October 2009 | Each year, cancer kills more people than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. The “global cancer epidemic” kills as many people every ten days as were claimed in the devastating 2005 Asian tsunami. Read more »
19 October 2009 | The PACT Programme Office joined the French “Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer” (LNCC) and over 50 NGOs and international organizations representing 24 French speaking countries from October 9-10 in Paris. Read more »
13 October 2009 | Cancer knows no borders. The disease is sweeping through the African continent, where forecasts show that by 2020 more than one million new cancer cases per year will be registered. Read more »
19 September 2009 | PACT is joining forces with Nigeria to help fight Africa's growing cancer crisis. An agreement signed in September will focus on developing comprehensive cancer control strategies and action plans tailored to address the needs and conditions of the people of Nigeria and beyond. Read more »
18 September 2009 | Handing over a cheque for US$20,000, compiled from hundreds of US$5 and US$10 voluntary contributions, the people of the Republic of Korea yet again demonstrated their loyal support to the IAEA's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT). Read more »
17 September 2009 | The IAEA's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) took the occasion of the 53rd IAEA General Conference to brief Member States and donors on progress of its work to fight the growing cancer pandemic in developing countries since 1997. Read more »
4 September 2009 | Following the request of the government, preliminary imPACT missions took place in Uganda on 1-3 September 2009 and in Mongolia on 27-29 July 2009. These two missions will lay important groundwork for the establishment of new PMDS. Read more »
25 August 2009 | The IAEA joined the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and other key international health organizations from August 24-26 at the Irish capital for the first LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit, designed to raise awareness and mobilize support to fight the growing global cancer crisis. Read more »
6 July 2009 | A recent meeting at IAEA headquarters in Vienna brought participants from 19 countries together with 17 international experts to exchange opinions and experiences of the cancer situation in Asia and the Pacific region, and to discuss approaches for effective cancer control planning. Read more »
29 June 2009 | Six leading members of the international cancer control community are calling for non-communicable diseases, including cancer, to be addressed in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The letter's six authors include Werner Burkart. Read more »
5 June 2009 | The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the appointment of American Nancy Goodman Brinker — businesswoman, diplomat, philanthropist and breast cancer activist — as its goodwill ambassador for cancer control. Read more »
26 May 2009 | The World Health Organization (WHO) and the IAEA today announced the launch of a Joint Programme on Cancer Control, aimed at strengthening and accelerating efforts to fight cancer in the developing world. Press Release »
28 April 2009 | The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today issued a challenge to manufacturers of medical equipment to make portable and more affordable cancer therapy equipment. Read more »
12 March 2009 | Thursday, 12 March, 2009, was a day to remember at the Centro Nacional de Radioterapia (CNR) in Managua. It was also, said Nicaraguan Minister of Health, Dr Guillermo González, a day of hope for the country's cancer patients. Read more »
4 February 2009 | Adding its voice to the World Cancer Day campaign marked each year on 4 February, the IAEA is urging a vigorous, collaborative approach towards fighting the disease in poorer countries. Read more »
30 January 2009 | The Republic of Moldova is one of Europe's poorest nations. With no significant mineral deposits, the landlocked Eastern European nation must import energy supplies and relies on an agriculture-based economy. Read more »