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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.

Dianne Passmore is helping to set up the Khartoum Breast Care Centre (KBCC) in Sudan. Can you help?

To find out more click here.

A number of IDC-SIG members are working on a project to support St James Mission Hospital in Lesotho.

Read their latest report here.

‘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.

Advice on Arranging an Overseas Radiography Placement

A new helpsheet has been added to the IDC-SIG website for radiographers interested in organising an overseas placement.
Click here to find out more.

Diagnostic Imaging in Countries with Few Resources Blog

Harald Ostensen, previously WHO Director of Diagnostic Imaging, has started writing a blog. Click here to read it.

Donated safelights arrive in Malawi

Click here to find out more about a recent donation.

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

The UK College of Radiographers offers grants to radiographers undertaking placements in developing countries through the Overseas Placement Fund.
Applications guidelines and forms have been updated, click here to view the new versions.

Need Advice on Equipment Maintenance?

A new member of the group might just be able to help!
Click here for more info.

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.