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The National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital (NICRH), Bangladesh and Bordet Cancer Institute at Hopital Universitaire de Bruxelles (HUB), Belgium have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in cancer care and research.
Bangladesh Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union Mahbub Hassan Saleh signed the MoU on behalf of NICRH on Monday in Brussels, read a press release.
HUB Deputy Chief Executive Officer Francis de Dree, HUB Chief Medical Officer Dr Jean-Michel Hougardy, and Physician-in-Chief of the Jules Bordet Institute Dr Chloe Spilleboudt signed the MoU on behalf of the HUB.
The MoU aims to foster strong partnership between these two institutions for conducting joint research activities and bringing specific expertise on cancer care through capacity building and infrastructure development.
This MoU will be a tool for collaboration in cancer research, including basic, epidemiologic, prevention, diagnosis, screening, treatment, cancer control and survivorship research.
Bordet Cancer Institute is an internationally reputed multidisciplinary medical institution in Belgium for more than 75 years, dedicated entirely to the fight against cancer. This institute offers patients leading-edge diagnostic and therapeutic measures in the prevention, screening and active treatment of all types of cancer.
The institute also carries out important research activities which every year leads to major discoveries, as well as providing high-level, specialised university training.
Facilitated by the Bangladesh Embassy in Brussels, this MoU is the result of three years of discussion and negotiation between both sides. Sharing details of the state-of-start facilities available at the Jules Bordet Institute, Francis de Drée said he and his team are very enthusiastic to start the collaboration with Bangladesh.
Expressing happiness at the signing of the MoU, Ambassador Mahbub Hassan Saleh said, “This MoU paves the way for Bangladesh to take a significant step forward in cancer treatment and research, as the country, under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, moves towards building a knowledge-based society leading to achieving her vision of a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041.”
