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Imaging in Developing Countries

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Welcome to the IDC-SIG website. For more information about the group, click the ‘About IDC-SIG’ button on the left of the screen.

This website aims to support the sharing of information, ideas and best practice amongst those working to support imaging and radiography in the developing world.

The website can only succeed with your input. Please continue to e-mail idcsig@yahoo.co.uk with reports on overseas visits you have made, photos, details of equipment you have available, useful links etc. - in fact anything which will be of benefit to others working towards similar goals.

‘Succeeding at Interviews in an Imaging Department’
New edition of this book now available - money raised is used to ship books and journals to radiographers in developing countries.

Click here to find out more.

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust are linked with Kilimajaro Christian Medical Centre in Tanzania, and have provided support to the x-ray department there. Click on one of the links below to read recent reports on their work:
Overview of Link
2008 Visit Report
2007 Visit Report

Radiography in Malawi

Cowles Chilingulu, a radiographer at Blantyre Malaria Project MRI Centre, has written an article on radiography in his country. Click here to read it.

Report on Visit to Mulanje, Malawi

Hilary Noakes recently visited two hospitals in Mulanje, Malawi. Click here to read her report.

Ultrasound Visit to Uganda

Dan Dennis, a newly qualified sonographer from Liverpool visited Kiwoko Hospital in Uganda. Click here to read his report.

Radiography in Nigeria

Ejidike Chuka Franklin, a radiographer from Nigeria describes radiography in his country. Click here to read his report.

Donated equipment arrives!

Click here to find out more about recent donations.

Margaret Mulligan reports on a recent visit to St Helena. They desperately need a radiographer. Could it be you?
Click here to find out.

Making it Work in Africa

Keith Feay, an x-ray engineer for 42 years, visited Malawi in May 2008. Here he recounts his experiences.
(first published in the Health Estate Journal)

Need Help With PACS or IT?

Adam Chee, an expert in PACS and healthcare infomatics, has recently joined the IDC-SIG. Click here to find out more about him and the skills he can offer.

Digital X-ray & Telemedicine in Developing Countries - The Way Forward?
Click here to visit the site of WHITIA (World Health Imaging, Telemedicine and Informatics Alliance) who clearly think it is.

BMA / RCN / DoH Humanitarian Fund 2010

The Humanitarian Fund aims to assist NHS employees with the costs of undertaking humanitarian work overseas.
Click here to find out more.