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Cure2Children

last updated Apr 18, 2013

Overview

Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2007
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
Government

Technology

Technology Used: 
Phones › Internet
Technology Purpose: 
Improving Diagnosis and Treatment

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
10-49
Summary: 

C2C is a non-profit organization providing free support to health professionals, families, volunteers and institutions in developing countries caring for children with leukemia, cancer and other severe diseases in compliance with shared principles and vision. The services offered will be pertinent to local realities and social values.

Program goals/rationale: 

The ultimate goal is to contribute to the development of worldwide evidence-based diagnostic and management standards that may improve the cure of all children with cancer and severe blood disorders.

Key program components: 

As of February 2013, 1600 families were registered who have been offered free screening for thalassemia, the most common fatal genetic disease in the world, a total of 96 children have undergone transplantation. In the 60 low risk cases the success rate was 90%, a result consistent with the original objective and comparable to that obtained in Italy and other rich countries.

As the foundation is based in Italy, which has made real progress in addressing these issues, the expertise of the staff has been able to task shift the entire treatment process for Cure2Children, providing the most efficient care. These results have been obtained with a cost about ten times lower than that in rich countries, not considering all the avoided inconvenience and hardship for the families involved and the contribution to the growth and motivation of local doctors and nurses. Through our prospective online clinical-management oriented database we help manage complex diseases and monitor key outcome variables.

The support program for families has permitted and guaranteed safe and adequate living conditions and adherence to prescribed treatments after discharge from hospital.

Additionally, the project has facilitated the following:

  • Disease information, forums and expert advice

  • Local visits, health professionals and volunteer training

  • Family support programs

  • Procurement of drugs, medical and laboratory equipment as appropriate

  • User-adapted computerized order sheets and databases

  • Support for diagnostic, staging and treatment response evaluation

  • Data analysis, journal access, open peer review

  • Logistic and financial support for continuing medical education

  • Research grants

Program history: 

Cure2Children was developed by a group of parents who lost their child to cancer together with professionals of the field.

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