Welcome to theWorld Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology
Since 1970, WFNMB has united the national societies of the world, advancing molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy through advocacy, shared standards, and an education programme reaching every region. A federation of roughly one hundred member societies, in one common cause.
Worldwide
A federation across the world
Nearly a hundred national societies and regional federations, on every continent, acting as one.
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What the Federation does
A common cause, in four parts.
Global advocacy
A unified voice for the specialty with the World Health Organization, the IAEA, and governments, widening access to molecular imaging and therapy in every region.
Standards & training
A global forum for standards of training, practice and evidence-based use, carried into practice with national societies.
The education programme
On-site and online education, open to the world and deepened for members, with a particular commitment to developing regions.
The World Congress
A quadrennial congress, among the largest gatherings in the field, setting the direction of the specialty since 1974.
Education
Open to the world; deepened for members.
Open access, free to all
Lectures and webinars open to every professional worldwide, with a standing commitment to developing regions. A certificate of completion is issued for designated activities.
Through your society
Structured curricula and the full congress session archive, unlocked through membership of your national society: one route in, wherever you practise.
Dispatches
From the Federation
Rio de Janeiro to host the 15th World CongressThe Federation will convene in Brazil in 2030, the second consecutive edition in Latin America, and the first in Brazil.
Reporting standards open for consultation with member societiesDraft guidance on standardised reporting goes to the national societies for comment before adoption.
Emerging Leaders Programme: 2026 cohort announcedTwenty-four early-career professionals from sixteen countries join the Federation's leadership programme.
Cartagena 2026: congress sessions enter the education archiveSelected plenaries from the 14th World Congress join the on-demand library, with the full record open to member societies.
WFNMB and IAEA extend the education partnershipA renewed commitment to expanding access to nuclear medicine training in developing regions.
Our history
A timeline of the Federation
Newsletter
The Federation newsletter
Dispatches from the Federation: congress news, education programmes and the work of the member societies.