APSIG Volunteer Assignments

*APSIG volunteers have undertaken over 20 training assignments in 7 different countries since 2011, providing 7500+ hours of support to local radiotherapy hospital teams in the region.*

What have we achieved so far?

Since 2009, APSIG has sponsored visits of volunteer medical physicist experts for training and support assignments to Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Mongolia. These assignments have varied in duration from 8-10 weeks, through to 12 months. APSIG provides ongoing support for all its volunteers abroad.

Assignments

Here are a few examples of our recent successful APSIG volunteer assignments:

2022 -23

In recognition of its technical support history to the Lae cancer centre, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) invited APSIG to assess PNG’s readiness and ability to comply with IAEA radiation safety and regulatory requirements necessary to receive a new Co-60 source. It included assessing the existing radiotherapy activities located at ANGAU hospital and recommending what could be done in the interim until a new Co-60 source arrived.

Following on from this, the IAEA requested that Simon Downes (APSIG Chair) be included in the team assessing the establishment of another cancer centre at Port Moresby General Hospital. .…..read more

2019