IAEA Director General Explores Future Cooperation with Cuba in Combatting New World Screwworm
The IAEA will collaborate with Cuba to explore the possibility of using nuclear techniques to fight the invasion of the New World screwworm, a killer fly that attacks animals, impacting the economy of the Americas, Director General Yukiya Amano announced in Havana this week.
Cooperation with Uruguay to Focus on Health, IAEA Director General Says in Montevideo
Health care, including cancer control, is the main focus of the IAEA's support to Uruguay, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said in Montevideo on Friday. While Uruguay has well-equipped and well-staffed cancer and nuclear medicine centres, there is high demand for qualified medical physicists for radiation medicine applications.
Screw Worm Outbreak in Yemen
An outbreak of the insidious ′screw worm′ fly in Yemen, is threatening livelihoods, in a country where rearing livestock is a traditional way of life. In recent weeks, a Ministerial delegation was at the IAEA in Vienna, Austria, to turn to the international community for emergency assistance to fight the deadly pest.