Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed

Re-designation ceremony of Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed (HICARE) as collaborating centre (*) for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was held，which is the second renewal of the designation.　

Liaison officers, Dr. Kodama and Dr.Nagata, also Director Dohy talked about workplarns for the next four years with Dr. May.

* Collaborating Centre

Collaborating Centre is institution with high technologies that meet the IAEA requirements to promote projects related to research, technological development, education/training, etc. in collaboration with IAEA.　HICARE was designated as such on May 26, 2014.

Re-designation ceremony of Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed (HICARE) as collaborating centre (*1) for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was held at IAEA main office in the presence of Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the IAEA.

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Director Amano presented Professor Tashiro (Executive Secretary of HICARE) the designation plaque of Collaborating Centre.

Professor Tashiro read a statement on behalf of President Hiramatsu, to announce that HICARE will continue to cooperate with IAEA and promote further contribution to the medical care for the Radiation-exposed through human resource development and joint research collaborating on three regions as followings;

1. Biodosimetry

2. Radiation Accidents and Disasters

3. Advanced Radiotherapy.

May 2014, Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed (HICARE) was designated as a collaborating centre (*1) for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). After National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Chiba, HICARE became the second such collaborating centre in Japan. HICARE, however, is the first consortium to be designated as a collaborating centre by IAEA.
  To mark this occasion, on May 26, 2014, HICARE held a designation ceremony and seminar at the Rihga Royal Hotel in Hiroshima City. (For more details about the seminar, refer to "Enhancement of Public Awareness")

*1 Collaborating Centre
IAEA designates institutions with advanced technologies (that meet the IAEA requirements) as collaborating centres to promote projects related to research, technological development, education/training, etc. in collaboration with IAEA.

[ Designation Ceremony ]
Dr. Rethy Chhem of IAEA (Director of Division of Human Health) presented the designation plaque to Dr. Okubo (President of HICARE) in the presence of a number of dignitaries including the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture and the Mayor of Hiroshima City.
  HICARE will further its contribution to the international society through closer collaboration with IAEA in the field of “Capacity Building in Radiation Effects and Human Health” – a message engraved on the plaque.