Korea’s NCC trains healthcare professionals from Côte d'Ivoire

The National Cancer Center (NCC) has announced its plans to conduct an invitational training program, designed specifically for healthcare professionals from Côte d'Ivoire.

The program's primary aim is to provide these professionals with in-depth knowledge and expertise in Korean cancer management practices.

The NCC is conducting training for staff of the upcoming National Cancer Center of Côte d'Ivoire as part of the "Project to Build the National Cancer Center of Côte d'Ivoire," a paid aid project of the Export-Import Bank of Korea's Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF). 

The trainees will work at the National Cancer Center of Côte d'Ivoire, which is scheduled to be built by 2025.

A total of 51 healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, technicians, and pharmacists, from the Côte d'Ivoire will stay and learn from the NCC to participate in the training, which will last for six months from Monday to November 21.

The NCC said that the training would be divided into 21 fields -- internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, urology, anesthesiology and pain medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine, pathology, diagnostic laboratory, innovative technology, nursing, pharmaceutical, and national cancer control project.

"Through this training, the NCC plans to efficiently transfer skilled cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment technologies and know-how to medical staff in Côte d'Ivoire," NCC President Seo Hong-gwan said.

Exchanges and cooperation with other countries, including this training, are meaningful achievements that go beyond strengthening the institutional level of the NCCto spread Korean cancer management expertis, and the NCC will strive to contribute to improving global healthcare and strengthening the status of Korea's cancer field through expanded cooperation in the future, Seo added.

Dr. Yeboah Oppong Richard, a representative of the trainees, also said, "We will transfer the know-how on cancer management and treatment that we learned from the NCC and apply it effectively to the National Cancer Center of Côte d'Ivoire, which is planned to be built in 2025."

Richard stressed that he hopes that this cooperation will help improve the health and quality of life of the people of both countries.