Name: Adela Ayensa
Organization: Salvati AC, Mexico
Host institution: FEMAMA, Brazil
Project Title: Your moment to fight (Tu momento de luchar)
Visit objectives:
- Strengthen advocacy efforts focused on the rights of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients.
- Learn about policy-making to include MBC patients’ rights (e.g. treatment choices) in Mexico’s public health agenda.
Name: Alexandra Nuñez
Organization: Asociación Tour Rosa de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Host institution: Instituto Desiderata, Brazil
Project Title: Project Hope, united against cancer (Proyecto Esperanza unidos contra el cáncer)
Visit objectives:
- Improve the organisation’s educational program on early detection.
- Strengthen advocacy efforts in order to create a national forum bringing in all key stakeholders, with the ultimate goal to develop public policies that will promote early detection and access to treatment for all.
Name: Neli Padilla
Organization: Asociación Hondureña de Lucha Contra el Cáncer, Honduras
Host institution: Registro Poblacional de Cáncer de Cali, Colombia
Project Title: Knowledge of practices, procedures, and methodology of the Cali Population-based Cancer Registry (Conocimiento de prácticas, procedimientos y metodología del Registro Poblacional de Cáncer de Cali)
Visit objectives:
- Apply new methods and practices to improve the quality of data in the existing hospital registry.
- Learn how to establish a functional and high quality population-based cancer registry.
Name: Ana Rodríguez
Organization: Comisión Honoraria de Lucha Contra el Cáncer, Uruguay
Host institution: Asociación Mexicana de Lucha contra el Cáncer, Mexico
Project Title: Improve leadership skills and organizational management (Mejorar en la capacidad de liderazgo y gestión organizativa)
Visit objectives:
- Learn about organizational management in times of restructuring.
- Improve engagement with national and international organizations, as well as with patients and the general community.
Name: Lisseth Ruiz de Campos
Organization: Asociación Salvadoreña para la Prevención del Cáncer (ASAPRECAN), El Salvador
Host institution: Liga Argentina de Lucha Contra el Cáncer (LALCEC), Argentina
Project Title: Learn to grow (Aprender para crecer)
Visit objectives:
- Learn about management of sustainable funding, diversifying funding sources, and strengthening fundraising efforts.
- Improve communication skills, including learning how to effectively engage via social media.
