PARTNERSHIPS ALL OVER THE WORLD
In 2019, Institut Curie developed international collaborations in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South America.
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SOUTH AMERICA
An agreement was signed with the AC Camargo Cancer Center in São Paolo, Brazil. Institut Curie trained its first Brazilian doctors. A three-year collaborative program was founded.
AFRICA
Institut Curie was commissioned by the AFD (French Development Agency) to carry out the feasibility study for an oncology care improvement project in Tanzania, with a budget of 10 million awarded to the Aga Khan Foundation. Institut Curie oversaw the choices made in healthcare organization and prevention and diagnostic campaigns. Kenya and Tanzania also continued with their palliative care training program. Lastly, in Morocco, the Cheikh Khalifa university hospital in Casablanca signed a cooperation agreement with Institut Curie further to the partnership with the Lalla Salma Foundation. The Mohammed VI Foundation, which insures more than 5 million Moroccans, forged ties with Institut Curie to provide its partners suffering from cancer with the best response to their needs.
MIDDLE EAST
The King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan, introduced a cooperation program with Institut Curie,
with two major outcomes: A Partner Patient Master Class under the auspices of the ESA Executive Education - ESA
Business School in Beirut, Lebanon (see p. 43), and a Palliative Care Master Class. The Notre-Dame-des-Secours university hospital center in Lebanon signed a cooperation
agreement with Institut Curie, paving the way for training programs and shared projects.
EUROPE
Institut Curie was approached by the Papageorgiou University Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece, for a training in palliative care. It performed a needs assessment and offered an initial training on pain treatment on site.
ASIA
Institut Curie signed a partnership agreement with Vietnam s National
Cancer Institute. In 2019, Institut Curie was invited to celebrate the
50th anniversary of the National Institute in Hanoi, and the
discussions intensified. The meetings led to two new projects,
namely support for creation of a clinical research department and
support for radiotherapy modernization.