Isabel Mestres: Congratulations to all the cancer research City Cancer Challenge grant recipients!
Isabel Mestres, CEO at City Cancer Challenge Foundation, shared a post by City Cancer Challenge on LinkedIn:
“Congratulations to all the cancer research City Cancer Challenge grant recipients!
We face a global gap in evidence base and contextualised solutions to improve access to cancer care in LMIC! This makes it very hard for countries to prioritise solutions withing their limited resources settings.
To address the evidence gap, it is essential to strengthen implementation sicence infrastructure, encourage international collaboration, prioritize cancer research in healthcare agendas, and invest in training and capacity-building programs for healthcare professionals and researchers in LMICs.
Supported Research Projects:
Using mobile health to reduce default and abandonment rates among children receiving treatment at the paediatric oncology unit of KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL, Ghana.
Identifying a core set of services for a financial navigation program for patients seeking cancer care in the public health system in Greater Petaling.
Analysis of Time to Initiate Cancer Treatment on Breast Cancer Patients treated in a Hospital in Porto Alegre: a retrospective cohort from 2022 to 2023.
Withholding the Real Diagnosis in Cancer Patients: Is it associated with better QoL and Less Anxiety, Distress and Depression within the Georgian population?
Evaluating the availability and impact of shortage for essential oncology drug among patient attending the cancer treatment centers in Rwanda.
Congratulations: Comfort Asoogo, Nirmala Bhoo Pathy, Pedro Marchiori, Alexandre Iovashvili, Patrick Gad, Meritxell Mallafré Larrosa.”
Quoting City Cancer Challenge’s post:
“We are delighted to announce C/Can’s five Seed Grant recipients
Comfort Asoogo, Nurse In-Charge Paediatric Oncology Unit, KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL
Nirmala Bhoo Pathy, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
Pedro Marchiori Cacilhas, Medical Resident in Clinical Oncology, HCPA
Alexandre Iovashvili, MD, Clinical Research Coordinator, Caucasus Medical Center
Patrick Gad IRADUKUNDA, Biomedical Laboratory Scientist, Rwanda FDA
With the support of C/Can’s seed programme, the grant recipients will kick-start exploratory studies across the World Health Organization health systems building blocks to advance quality cancer care in LMICs.
We received a lot of great applications and want to thank everyone who showed interest in this opportunity.”
Further information.
Source: Isabel Mestres/LinkedIn and City Cancer Challenge/LinkedIn