Bangladesh Marks WRAD 2026 Through Education, Patient Engagement and Scientific Discussion
World Radiotherapy Awareness Day (WRAD) 2026 brought together healthcare professionals, students and patients across Bangladesh through a range of activities designed to improve understanding of radiotherapy and its role in cancer care.
Three WRAD Regional Champions Arman Reza Chowdhury, Bhaskar Chakraborty and Jobairul Islam, supported activities ranging from community education and patient engagement to scientific discussion, helping to extend radiotherapy awareness across the country.
Encouraging Participation and Connecting with Patients
Regional Champion Arman Reza Chowdhury reached out to radiotherapy centres across Bangladesh, encouraging them to participate in WRAD 2026. He contacted most of the country's centres with radiotherapy facilities and shared photographs of activities taking place at several institutions, helping to showcase the wider participation across Bangladesh.
Arman also supported awareness through patient engagement and communication. During a WRAD programme on 7 September, a patient visiting his hospital for a PET-CT scan attended his talk and afterwards approached him to share how clear and reassuring he had found the discussion.
For Arman, this personal interaction was one of the most meaningful moments of WRAD 2026, demonstrating the value of making information about cancer and radiotherapy accessible to patients.
Bringing Radiotherapy Education to Communities
Under the supervision of Bhaskar Chakraborty, four awareness sessions engaged participants from different educational and healthcare backgrounds, including pharmacy students from USTC, physicians at Marine City Hospital, medical interns from Marine City Medical College, school students from Frobels Academy and nurses from Chattogram Nursing College.
The sessions explored the fundamentals of radiotherapy, its role in cancer treatment and the importance of modern radiotherapy in patient care. Participants actively contributed to discussions, asking questions and developing their understanding of radiotherapy.
Advancing Scientific Understanding of Radiotherapy
Regional Champion Jobairul Islam supported WRAD 2026 through scientific education, international outreach and patient awareness. As Founder and Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Medical Physics Education and Research (GAMPER), Jobairul organised a webinar on 17 September titled “One Voice, Every Patient: Helping Patients Complete Radiotherapy”. GAMPER also ran a social media campaign featuring international experts discussing the important role of medical physicists in radiotherapy.
Through the Bangladesh Medical Physics Society (BMPS), he supported a scientific webinar on 15 September titled “A Paradigm Shift in Modern Radiotherapy: From Physical Dose to Biological Dose."
Jobairul also organised a WRAD awareness programme at Labaid Cancer Hospital & Super Speciality Centre in Dhaka on 7 September, bringing together healthcare professionals, patients and hospital management to discuss radiotherapy's role in cancer care.
Different Activities, One Shared Goal
From classrooms and hospitals to patient conversations and scientific education, WRAD 2026 activities in Bangladesh demonstrated the many ways radiotherapy awareness can be strengthened.
The contributions of all three Regional Champions reflect a shared commitment to improving understanding, addressing misconceptions and highlighting the important role of radiotherapy in cancer care.
