Guillermo Chantada: Important data to understand how pediatric oncology care is provided in Latin America

Guillermo Chantada shared a post by SIOP on LinkedIn:

“This is a comprehensive paper from SIOP:

Global mapping program done with the critical support of many people and institutions like Sociedad Latinoamericana de Oncología Pediátrica (SLAOP), SOBOPE, Pan American Health Organization and others like ACHOP, AMHOP, INC (Argentina) among others and all the 307 participating centers with the support from Foundation S and the excellent data and managing support from Resonance under the leadership of Maite Gorostegui from Barcelona Children’s Hospital Sant Joan de Déu.

Very important data to understand how pediatric oncology care is provided in Latin America came out but briefly, care is concentrated in referral centers in most countries, public hospitals (usually pediatric hospitals) see the majority of patients and the workforce is still insufficient to provide an excellent care, despite the recent efforts.

The time to improve is now. Special thanks to Neviçolino P de Carvalho Filho, Oscar González Ramella, Diana Valencia and Florencia Moreno.”

Quoting SIOP’s post:

“Read ‘Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) Global Mapping Program: Analysis of health care centers in countries of the Latin American Society of Pediatric Oncology (SLAOP)”‘available through SIOP CONNECT for SIOP Members now.”

Source: Guillermo Chantada/LinkedIn and SIOP/LinkedIn

Dr. Chantada is the President of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) and the Head Outreach Program at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu. Chantada is the Scientific Director of the Fundacion Perez Scremini in Montevideo, Uruguay, and the Hospital Austral in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Additionally, he holds the position of an associated physician at the Servicio de Oncología at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona. His main research interests are in neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, and pediatric lymphomas.