Uganda has emerged as a pioneer in Africa to champion standardisation of the latest technology used in biomedical imaging for diagnosis and subsequent treatment of various medical conditions.
Uganda, through its standards agency, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), is the only country in Africa that is part of 10 countries participating in the developing of ISO standards for equipment that use microbeams and x-rays to carry out diagnosis of various medical conditions. At the national level, the UNBS Technical Committee on Metrology has taken the lead on the matter.
Consequently, international delegates from China, Germany, Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States of America are meeting in Kampala for 3 days to discuss standards for equipment used in microbeam analysis.
The 25th plenary session of the ISO Technical Committee 202 on Microbeam analysis will take place from 19th to 21st September 2018 at Hotel Africana, ending with the discussion and approval of resolutions made during the meeting.
The Microbeam technology is used in medical imaging (ultrasound, MRI, X-ray), materials engineering used in construction, agriculture, electrical and civil engineering and earth science.
The Committee has so far developed and published 21 international standards in the areas of Electron probe microanalysis, Analytical electron microscopy, Scanning electron microscopy and related terminology.
