Fundación Padma, A.C.
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Mission Statement
Support needed women who suffer from any type of cancer during pregnancy for getting access to the best available treatment as well as integrative support for them to survive cancer and become mothers.
About This Cause
At Padma Foundation we believe in the right to life, motherhood and access to health services and comprehensive support for all women, including those who are pregnant and and suffering with any type of cancer. About us: Fundación PADMA AC was formally constituted in 2019 with the mission to support pregnant women facing any type of cancer in the country, to receive comprehensive support during their treatment process. Our vision is to achieve influence in reducing the rate of maternal death caused by cancer in pregnant women in the country, being the main support center that links their needs with the available alternatives that focus on saving their lives and the lives of their babies. In addition, generate statistics, information, documentation and dissemination of the cause to make it known and raise awareness. Our first alliance is with the CREHER clinic (Reference Clinic for Hemato-Oncologic Diseases during Pregnancy), within the Regional High Specialty Public Hospital of Ixtapaluca in the State of Mexico, which today has a medical care protocol to attend women in this situation at a national level and is the only one dedicated to provide this service in the country. To date, the Clinic has treated more than 120 low-income patients from all over the country with any type of cancer. About the problem: Every year in Mexico there are an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 cases of pregnant women with some type of cancer. (Source: INCIP: International Network on Cancer, Infertility and Pregnancy) They are not currently part of the country's public and health agenda. There are three moments in which cancer can appear during pregnancy: - When the woman already diagnosed with cancer becomes pregnant. - It appears during pregnancy - Cancer appears during the first year after the baby is born. The first reason for maternal death (MMR) in the country (28%) is due to "indirect non-infectious causes", which includes cases of pregnant women and women with cancer. These causes are followed by hemorrhage (24%) and hypertensive causes (22%). When women are received in public institutions, the most common proposal is for them to terminate the pregnancy in order to be treated oncologically. There is a great opportunity to treat more women in this clinic that has been operating for five years with excellent results, but it is necessary to get support to transport them from any state in the country, offer options and treatments available, get access to specialized studies not given in the hospital and support them with their maintenance during their treatment at the clinic. It is the sum of three major health problems due to the type of cases that have been registered so far: 1. Cancer in Women: It is the third leading cause of death in the country and statistics show that women are the ones who suffer the most from it. In Mexico, in the last 20 years, the death rate of cancer patients has increased by 20%. According to the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (INEGI), between 2010 and 2018 cancer-related deaths, or malignant tumors, have increased from 70,240 to 85,754. This situation has caused cancer to be the third leading cause of death in the country, only below heart disease and diabetes. In Mexico, 191,000 cases of cancer are diagnosed each year, of which 84,000 die. 14% of total deaths in Mexico are caused by this disease (Feb 2020). Women register a greater number of deaths, in 2018, 44,164 cases were reported, which represent an increase of 23.2% compared to 2010, when there were 35,823. The most frequent cancer in the country is breast cancer, with 27,500 cases per year; followed by prostate with 25,000; colon, 15,000; thyroid 12,000; cervical, 7,870 and lung with 7,810. Breast cancer causes 7,000 deaths per year; prostate cancer, 6,900; colon cancer, 7,000; thyroid cancer, 900; cervical cancer, 4,000; and lung cancer, 6,700. 2. Maternal death: one of the most important indicators on the international agenda and in developing countries since 2000 (72.6 per 100,000 live births in 2000 to 31.7 in 2017). Every day, approximately 810 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth (2017). Between 2000 and 2017, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR, number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) declined by approximately 38% worldwide. However, 94% of all maternal deaths occur in low- and lower-middle-income countries. The higher frequency of maternal deaths among uneducated and poor women underscores the urgent need to further strengthen intersectoral action. There are direct and indirect causes associated with these maternal deaths. The most common direct causes are: hemorrhage, miscarriage, gestational hypertension, complications during childbirth and puerperium infections. Cancer is one of the indirect causes of maternal death and together with the other indirect causes accounted for slightly less than 50% of the causes of maternal death until 2020. 3. Adolescent pregnancy: Mexico ranks first in the world and this situation increases the health risks for the mother. Young adolescents (10 to 14 years of age) are at greater risk than other women of suffering complications and dying as a result of pregnancy. Our Goal: To provide support to all women who receive treatment at the CREHER clinic (and any other clinic that treats women with cancer and pregnant women in the country), so that they receive comprehensive support in terms of lodging, transportation, medications, studies and support for accompanying family members who require it. Our Support Programs: These are our main programs we focus on: 1. Transfer Program Objective: to cover the transportation of patients and their companions to the Clinic for the first time and for follow-up appointments. 60% of the women who are treated at the CREHER Clinic come from states of the Republic far from the State of Mexico, which is why it is essential for them to be able to travel to and from the Clinic. It applies to all the states of the Republic except for those who live in CDMX and the Western zone of the State of Mexico. In this program the following transfers are coordinated: - First time transfers: when patients with their family member or companion present themselves for the first time at the CREHER Clinic. - Transfers when patients finish treatment and require follow-up check-ups. 2. Medication Support Program Objective: to obtain and provide medications for specialized treatments not available at the CREHER clinic. CREHER Clinic does not have to treat patients and babies. Some of the medicines required during treatment are not currently supplied by the HRAEI, so it is essential to support patients in order to complete their treatments. The following types of medicines are required in this program: - Oncological medicines - Medications to support oncological treatment - Medications for babies once they are born 3. Specialized Studies Program for Diagnosis and Treatment Objective: access and support for specialized studies that cannot be performed at the CREHER clinic and that are necessary for diagnosis and/or treatment. diagnosis and/or treatment. The list of specialized studies that are common to all women are: Contrasted Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography (PET CT), Structural Ultrasound, Specialized Pathology Study and Molecular Biology studies. 4. Temporary Lodging Program Objective: To provide women and their families who come to the CREHER clinic for treatment with a physical space as a temporary home for them and their primary caregiver during their oncological treatment (approximately 6 months). - Support with rent for patients who must stay in the area and who come from other distant states of the Republic. - Covering the needs of food with a plan guided by a nutritionist and feeding of the baby when they are born. - Cover the needs of clothing and personal use items during their stay. - Cover meal costs for caregivers when patient's are hospitalized