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STORY: IAEA / WORLD CANCER DAY
TRT: 07:44
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: PLEASE SEE SHOTLIST FOR DETAILS
14 MAY 2019, SEIBERSDORF, AUSTRIA
1. Various shot, radiotherapy and diagnostic equipment
18 NOVEMBER 2021 DAKAR,SENEGAL
2. Various of man with radiotherapy mask
3. Various of radiotherapy and diagnostic equipment
25 MARCH 2019, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA
4. Wide shot, exterior of hospital
5. Various shots, radiotherapy and diagnostic equipment
NOVEMBER 2017, QUERETARO, MEXICO
7. Close up, man looking at monitor, radiotherapy in background at children hospital
8. Various shots, radiotherapy and diagnostic equipment
RECENT - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
9. Various shots, external shots of United Nations / IAEA headquarters at the Vienna International Centre
01 FEBRUARY 2024, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
10. Wide shot, World Cancer Day 2024 Event
11. Med shot, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaking
12. Med shot, Bianca Muñiz three-time cancer survivor and singer/songwriter, speaking during event
13. Med shot, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda Malawi Minister of Health, speaking during event
14. Wide shot, audience applauding
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Bianca Muñiz, three-time cancer survivor and singer/songwriter:
“With Li Fraumeni syndrome, if I hadn't been born in New York and the United States, I may not be alive today. If I was born in a lower income country I wouldn't have had the access to the MRIs and the scans and the nuclear medicine that I needed to be able to get even past that first diagnosis. So if someone with my mutation were to be less fortunate and not born with somewhere they can get
16. Med shot, Muñiz speaking
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Bianca Muñiz three-time cancer survivor and singer/songwriter:
“I would like to say don't let cancer stop you from living, because that's kind of my motto in life. But while that's true, it pains me to know that there is little to no access for cancer care in many countries.”
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda Malawi Minister of Health:
“In our settings when a mother is affected, it means the whole household is affected. I mean, nobody is there to look after the children, if you have children. It affects everybody in the house.
And that, you know, has an impact on the economy, has an impact on women, has an impact on the social - on everything. And so that is where we are saying that when we say no, this is like the greatest gift we could get, you know, from the Rays of Hope in Malawi.”
19. Various shots, Muñiz playing guitar
Three-time cancer survivor and singer/songwriter Bianca Muñiz delivered a keynote address at an event to mark World Cancer Day 2024, at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria
Muñiz was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 11. She went on to fight breast cancer at twenty-two, then beat lung cancer at 26 years.
“With Li Fraumeni syndrome, if I hadn't been born in New York and the United States, I may not be alive today. If I was born in a lower income country, I wouldn't have had the access to the MRIs and the scans and the nuclear medicine that I needed to be able to get even past that first diagnosis. So if someone with my mutation were to be less fortunate and not born somewhere they can get easy healthcare access, and access to these essentially lifesaving machines, they might not be fortunate enough to be alive. Past even the first diagnosis,” Muñiz said.
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Over 70 percent of cancer deaths are expected to occur in low- and middle-income countries by 2040, yet these countries receive only five per cent global spending.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, were among high-level speakers at the event.
Donors and high-level representatives heard how the IAEA’s Rays of Hope initiative is increasing access to life saving radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging services used in cancer care in countries where the need is greatest.
“In our settings when a mother is affected, it means the whole household is affected. I mean, nobody is there to look after the children, if you have children. It affects everybody in the house. And that, you know, has an impact on the economy, has an impact on women, has an impact on the social - on everything. And so that is where we are saying that when we say no, this is like the greatest gift we could get, you know, from the Rays of Hope in Malawi,” said Malawi Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda.
Malawi is now developing its first radiotherapy centre after becoming one of the first countries to benefit from Rays of Hope support. Some 18 000 people in Malawi suffer from cancer, a figure which is expected to double by 2040.
On her message for World Cancer Day 2024, “I would like to say don't let cancer stop you from living, because that's kind of my motto in life. But while that's true, it pains me to know that there is little to no access for cancer care in many countries,” Muñiz said.
