Women making a difference

Ms. Stella Attakpah, staff member of the Food and Environmental Protection Section of the International Atomic Energy Agency organized a multicultural event in Vienna last December to raise funds to purchase equipment for the National Radiotherapy Centre, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana. With the proceeds from the event, Ms Attakpah and her team managed to get a high tech computer set, a laser printer and a scanner, which were donated to the Korle Bu Radiotherapy Centre to enhance record keeping and data management at the Centre in Ghana. Presenting the package, Ms Stella Attakpah, a staff member of Food and Environmental Protection Section said the donation is a token of the commitment by some staff members and friends in Vienna to contribute to the efforts of the Centre in providing radiotherapy and cancer treatment to the many patients who need it in the country. Receiving the package, Dr Joel Yarney, Head of the Centre, expressed, on behalf of his staff, their gratitude and said the equipment will make it easier to keep and manage data on patient information, including graphic images more efficiently. Ms Attakpah commended the Centre for their determination and effort in promoting radiotherapy and cancer treatment in Ghana in the face stretched resources and promised that they will continue to identify with the work of the Centre.

Ms. Stella Attakpah, staff member of the Food and Environmental Protection Section of the International Atomic Energy Agency organized a multicultural event in Vienna last December to raise funds to purchase equipment for the National Radiotherapy Centre, Korle Bu, Accra, Ghana. With the proceeds from the event, Ms Attakpah and her team managed to get a high tech computer set, a laser printer and a scanner, which were donated to the Korle Bu Radiotherapy Centre to enhance record keeping and data management at the Centre in Ghana. Presenting the package, Ms Stella Attakpah, a staff member of Food and Environmental Protection Section said the donation is a token of the commitment by some staff members and friends in Vienna to contribute to the efforts of the Centre in providing radiotherapy and cancer treatment to the many patients who need it in the country. Receiving the package, Dr Joel Yarney, Head of the Centre, expressed, on behalf of his staff, their gratitude and said the equipment will make it easier to keep and manage data on patient information, including graphic images more efficiently. Ms Attakpah commended the Centre for their determination and effort in promoting radiotherapy and cancer treatment in Ghana in the face stretched resources and promised that they will continue to identify with the work of the Centre.