FUNDACIÓN ORTIZ GURDIAN APOYA LUCHA CONTRA EL CÁNCER DE MAMAS

Objective:
Committed to support the improvement and the quality of health services in Nicaragua, and primarily to combat cancer in women, the Foundation works with health entities giving services to underserved women in the areas of : Preventive Health, Fight Against Cancer in Women, and Support to Health Centers Fighting Cancer in Women.

1. Preventive Health

The Preventive Health Program encompasses activities aimed at educating women, mainly from underserved population sectors, so that through educational seminars, workshops, exchange of experience and primary care, women gain knowledge about nutrition, foods and many ways of learning and understanding the benefits of healthy living to avoid cancerous illness prone only to women. Therefore, the Foundation works with entities that in one way or another are working to have a positive impact in such areas and are directly working with the targeted sectors.

2. Fight Against Cancer in Women

The fight against cancer in women goes beyond the activities aimed at the detection of the illness. Jointly with the Preventive Health Program, this program aims at the treatment of cancer in women. Through this program, the Foundation looks for funding to provide assistance to women unable to cover the expenses for breast, cervix and uterus cancer, including resources to provide medical assistance for gynecologist visits, priority attention is given to patients diagnosed with advanced stages of cancer, especially breast cancer, as well as it provides resources for the medical supplies required for the patients´ Radio and/or Quimo-therapy treatments, hormone therapy and emotional support.

3. Equipping Medical Centers to Support Women with Cancer

Medical aid to Women with Cancer in Nicaragua has been limited to two medical centers in Nicaragua, the Berta Calderón Hospital in Managua, depending directly from the Ministry of Health of Nicaragua (MINSA) and the Escuela Hospital in León. Both medical centers lack adequate infrastructure and equipment, medical materials and supplies, including lack of technical training for the administration of such materials, which are basic elements to respond to the needs of patients requiring attention for treatment.

To support these medical centers, through donations, the Foundation aims at supporting the equipping and furnishing of medical supplies for the basic treatment those women patients diagnosed with breast cancer requires.