isrrt Newsletter Volume 44. No.2 - 2008

President’s Message continued Message
Continued from the previous page
Congresses including Shanghai in 2010.
As I’m sure you are aware, the Member
Societies are the key to ISRRT and many
of the larger Societies have full or part
time staff managing their affairs. ISRRT
would like to acknowledge the past
support and encouragement of Mr Emile
Badawy who has recently retired from
his position as CEO of the Australian
Society – his successor is Mr David
Collier. Likewise we sincerely regret
the retirement of Mr Lynn May from his
CEO position at the American Society.
We wish both these men all the best for
the future and look forward to working
with the new CEO’s.
We must also congratulate President
Michael Ong and our colleagues from
Singapore who recently celebrated the
50th Anniversary of their Society at a joint conference
with the Malaysian Society. The highlight was
a formal dinner with the President of Singapore
attending the event.
Later this year will see the Inaugural Meeting of the
newly formed College of Radiographers of Hong
Kong. It is my privilege to be kindly invited to
represent ISRRT at these important occasions.
In what is a groundbreaking pilot, WHO has provided
3 digital CR systems to be used in association with
general equipment installations in Dar es Salaam.
ISRRT will be providing Q/A and Q/C sessions
in addition to practical training in this technology.
Director of Education Cynthia Cowling has been
working with Regional Director Caesar Barare and
also Regional education Representative Jenny Motto
to put together this program which will use additional
resource volunteers. We look forward to continuing
our close relationship with WHO elsewhere as needs
arise.
This can be seen is an example of Ethical
Globalisation where many sources of support can be
resourced for the benefits of those needing assistance.
This was highlighted to me just recently when I
was invited to attend the Inaugural Nelson Mandela
Lecture at the University of South Australia in
my home city of Adelaide. As a graduate of the
University I am proud of its long commitment to
social issues and values. On this occasion, the guest
lecturer was Dr Musimbi Kenyoro of Kenya, who is
formerly the Executive Director of the World YWCA.
Her new role is the Director of the Population
Program at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
The Population Program is dedicated to reproductive
health and to the integration of those services with
critical global health issues like HIV/AIDS as well
as other education and development issues. She is
a member of the Ethical Globalisation initiative
with Mary Robinson and Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Her presentation highlighted the many issues facing
women and children in many developing Regions
of the world, such as the appalling rate of women
who die in childbirth from lack of simple medical
facilities.
ISRRT continues to play a significant role
internationally in supporting the delivery of health
care services by organisation such as WHO, but our
Member Societies ARE ISRRT, and so play a key
role in our contribution to Ethical Globalisation.
Rob George,
President ISRRT
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