Miriam Mikhail-Lette

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

The @IAEAorg is supporting Asia-Pacific countries to improve cancer management through theranostics.

At a regional training in China last week, participants learned about the clinical application of therapeutic radiotracers labelled with beta and alpha-emitting radionuclides.

[A Queen Of Magic @aqueenofmagic]

While Freddie Mercury’s flamboyant stage presence and soaring voice made him one of the most recognizable figures in music history, the quiet strength of his father, Bomi Bulsara, played a crucial but often overlooked role in forging that legendary path.

Born into a Parsi community in Gujarat, India, Bomi grew up steeped in Zoroastrian traditions that emphasized discipline, family duty, and resilience. In his youth, he moved to the island of Zanzibar to work as a cashier at the British Colonial Office. There, he and his wife Jer welcomed their first child, Farrokh Bulsara—later known as Freddie Mercury—on September 5, 1946, followed by daughter Kashmira. Life in Zanzibar was peaceful until the 1964 revolution forced the family to flee as refugees, eventually settling in Feltham, Middlesex, England.

As immigrants, the Bulsaras faced cultural displacement and financial hardship. Bomi worked tirelessly to provide stability, instilling in his children the values of hard work, education, and respect. When young Farrokh showed a passion for music and later abandoned graphic design studies to pursue a career with the band Queen, Bomi initially worried. He hoped for a more conventional profession for his son. Yet, true to his resilient nature, Bomi eventually set aside his doubts and became a silent pillar of support as Queen skyrocketed to global fame.

Bomi lived to witness both his son’s meteoric success and his tragic death from AIDS in 1991. Though he rarely sought the spotlight, his unwavering love and traditional values helped shape the man who would captivate millions. Bomi Bulsara’s story is a powerful reminder that behind every icon stands a family forged by sacrifice and quiet determination—an immigrant legacy that continues to echo through the timeless music of Queen.

#FreddieMercury #Queen

[UN Vienna @UN_Vienna]

Multilingual education not only promotes inclusive societies but preserves and promotes mother languages worldwide.
Intl. #MotherLanguageDay reinforces this deep connection between language, identity and learning - this year celebrating youth voices. #BetterTogether.

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

This week, Sudan's Acting Minister of Health Haitham Ibrahim and @SudaniVienna Ambassador Mofadal Elnour met with IAEA DDG Hua Liu to discuss a draft National Action Plan for Cancer Care and Bankable Documents, as well as engagement with the @iaeaorg-@FAO #Atoms4Food initiative

[IAEA NA @IAEANA]

Medical imaging is key in disease diagnosis & management, including #cancer. W/ partners & stakeholders at the @BCIU @DITTA_Online event, @iaeaorg discussed barriers & opportunities in strengthening medical imaging capacity #WHA78

@MayWahab1 @WHO @GEHealthCare @PhilipsHealth

[Shaukat Abdulrazak,PhD,EBS @Profshaukat]

Together with colleagues @IAEATC @iaeapact @IAEANA @AFRAAfrica @IAEANS pleased to have a meeting with 🇱🇷 Minister of Health Dr. Louise Kpoto, focussing on setting up of oncology centre #NuclearMedicine #radiotherapy for diagnosis & treatment of cancer thr #RaysofHope Initiative.

[IAEA PACT @iaeapact]

In the margins of the #RaysofHope forum held in Vienna this week to mark #WorldCancerDay, the @IAEAorg met with @MDAndersonNews to collaborate on #imPACTReviews for expertise and implementation support

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

In high-income countries, more than ~80% of childhood cancer cases are cured. In #LMICs, that number falls to less than 30%. To help bridge this global gap, @iaeaorg and @StJude are delivering practical imaging training to paediatric radiologists for adequate & accurate diagnoses

[IAEA NA @IAEANA]

The IAEA's International Conference on Hybrid Imaging #IPET2024 will bring together clinicians and imaging specialists from all over the world, advancing the frontiers of imaging techniques for cancer management

For more info visit➡️https://t.co/rIf04awXfc

[IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme @IAEATC]

Last week, 30 paediatric radiologists from 30 countries, all working at public health facilities to address #ChildhoodCancer, received certificates for their participation in an @iaeaorg training course—supported by experts from @StJude—on the fundamentals of paediatric imaging

[IAEA PACT @iaeapact]

The Mongolian imPACT Review mission ended with a debriefing to State Secretary for Health Dr Ochirbat Dagvadorj and WR @WHOMongolia Dr Socorro Escalante. The team looks forward to collaborating further on the new National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP).

[IAEA PACT @iaeapact]

The 🇲🇳 #imPACTReview continued with a visit to Mongolia's National Cancer Center where the country's needs and plans for expansion under the @iaeaorg's #RaysofHope initiative were discussed.

[IAEA PACT @iaeapact]

Mongolia's #imPACTReview 🇲🇳 kicked off by meeting State Secretary for Health Mr Ochirbat Dagvadorj.
Experts from @WHO, @WHOWPRO, @WHOMongolia, @IARCWHO, @iaeaorg, @MDAndersonNews and KIRAMS 🇰🇷 are in the country to conduct the comprehensive #cancercontrol assessment.

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

"The fact that people can laugh, cheer and mock any type of wrongdoing that we observe in this war, when in fact what is happening in Gaza should outrage anyone, should make us all rethink our values"- @UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini

[Rafael Mariano Grossi @rafaelmgrossi]

Pleased to announce North America’s first @IAEAorg Collaborating Centre. With University of Texas @mdandersonnews, we’ll bolster #CancerCare4All, focusing on training & education in low- and middle-income regions under #RaysOfHope and tackling cancer challenges where needed most.

[Miriam Mikhail-Lette @LetteMiriam]

❤️ IAEA Natl Training on Breast Imaging in St. Vincent - sessions for 26 physicians and 14 medical imaging technologists. Grateful to Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, the SVG Ministry of Health, ISR, Weill Cornell, PAHO, & the Seventh Day Adventists for their conference facility!

[Miriam Mikhail-Lette @LetteMiriam]

What a wonderful work week at the King Hussein Cancer Center, an IAEA Rays of Hope Anchor Center and Collaborating Center.

Truly an exceptional team and facility, and a humbling privilege for me. Many thanks to the team!

#IAEA #cancercare #CancerResearch

[Miriam Mikhail-Lette @LetteMiriam]

Grateful, humbled, and honored to have represented the IAEA at the 2nd Egyptian International Radiology Conference of the Ministry of Health & Population (MOHP), Nov 1 - 3, 2023 in Cairo.

[IAEA NA @IAEANA]

🇯🇴@KHCFKHCC as newly designated @iaeaorg #RaysofHope Anchor Centre will enhance research, innovation & training of radiation medicine professionals to build cancer care capacities in Jordan and the wider region.
#cancercare4all

[Shaukat Abdulrazak,PhD,EBS @Profshaukat]

Together with colleagues @iaeapact @iaeapact @isdb_group held a meeting with Dr. Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, the Minister of Health 🇩🇯 to discuss priorities and needs for proposed oncology centre - access to #cancercare through the Rays of Hope initiative #Training #safety #Health