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AMCA is a Swiss NGO that supports development with social programs and projects that promote direct interventions to support the most vulnerable groups, women and children; taking into account free access to health and education. In Nicaragua they have been present since 1986 with interventions for cancer control. They began with a cervical cancer prevention project with the introduction of a program based on Cervical Cytology in District III, with the Dra. Bertha Calderón Women’s Hospital as the basis for development.

Later, they supported the creation of the Nora Astorga National Radiotherapy Center (NRC) and the creation of the Hematology Oncology Department at the Manuel de Jesús Rivera Children’s Hospital, “La Mascota”. Since then, they have continued to support different cancer control strategies and have collaborated with Movicancer in the development of field research called: “What women think: Knowledge and perceptions about cervical cancer and the performance of PAP smears in Nicaragua”. This study has been used to improve cervical cancer control strategies with quality and warmth in the public health system. Likewise, it has been supporting various initiatives in the area of ​​Palliative Care and the introduction of new HPV DNA-based screening tests, to ensure that more women use this type of self-testing.

As an association, they work with the ethical values ​​of the public health service and support its development through collaborative projects with institutions, associations and civil society groups from the democratic countries of the Central American region. www.amca.ch

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PATH is the leader in global health innovation. It is an international non-profit organization whose goal is to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. PATH supports the acceleration of innovation across five platforms: vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and systems and service innovations.

In Nicaragua, it has developed various projects and initiatives to control cervical cancer. Since 2014, it has supported Movicancer in the introduction and implementation of the HPV Test through the Ministry of Health.

This test allows it to be easily used by health services due to its simplicity and adaptability to work in environments that are difficult to access. Since women are resistant to performing the PAP Test due to cultural factors, the HPV Test has been very well received among all Nicaraguan women, especially those from rural areas.

It has also supported the development of the national registration and monitoring system for cervical cancer control through SIVIPCAN, a technology developed and promoted by Movicancer since 2007. PATH’s work has also involved supporting Movicancer in the development of Standards and Public policies that strengthen the development of prevention and control actions based on a legal framework that supports local improvement actions in the provision of services for the cervical cancer prevention. www.path.org

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The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) is the specialized health agency of the inter-American system, headed by the Organization of American States (OAS), and has also been affiliated with the World Health Organization (WHO), since 1949. Likewise, it is part of the United Nations system.

The essential mission of the organization is to cooperate technically with member governments and stimulate cooperation among them so that, while preserving a healthy environment and advancing towards sustainable human development, the population of the Americas attains Health for All. PAHO carries out this mission in collaboration with ministries of health, other government and international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, universities, social security agencies, community groups, and others.

In Nicaragua, in addition to collaborating and providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Health, it has also collaborated on various initiatives with Movicancer in order to promote and strengthen cancer control. Technical cooperation has included support for the development of human resources, in Management of the use of SIVIPCAN®; and management of the application of various cancer control regulations: Palliative Care, Prevention and Care of Cervical, Breast and Prostate Cancer, in which both organizations have participated to strengthen the Health Sector. Also, PAHO has collaborated with Movicancer in the development, promotion, and distribution of the Single Screening Record, as well as the follow-up and treatment registry promoted by MINSA through SIVIPCAN®, developed and implemented at the level of the Nicaraguan Republic. www.paho.org/nic

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FRIDA is the Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is a LACNIC initiative, which since 2004 has contributed to the development of the information society in the region. The program offers financing and opportunities for capacity building and networking to civil society organizations, businesses, governments and universities that articulate the potential of information and communication technologies for development in the region.

Since 2014, FRIDA has recognized the initial effort of Movicancer and has supported the transfer of the local platform of the Cancer Prevention Surveillance System (SIVIPCAN®) to the virtual platform using the Internet to make this system accessible to health establishments public and private in 153 health regions of Nicaragua, including 53 hospitals, with a view to unifying the information consolidation processes of the screening, diagnosis and treatment efforts as well as making the SNAP-SIVIPCAN® available to the hospital units that allows consolidate this initiative in Nicaragua. www.programafrida.net

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MINSA is the health system that, based on the constitutional right to health, cares for Nicaraguans according to their needs and guarantees free and universal access to health services, promotes healthy practices and lifestyles among the population that contribute to improve the quality and expectancy of life, and national efforts to improve human development.

Since 2007, it has allowed the collaboration of Movicancer in order to strengthen the national cancer control program. In coordination with MINSA, Movicancer has developed various projects and initiatives that have been applied in all health regions of Nicaragua.

  1. Technical Assistance for the creation of Regulations and Public Policies for Cancer Control.
  2. Creation and implementation of the Single Screening Record, for the prevention of Cervical and Breast Cancer.
  3. SIVIPCAN® Cancer Prevention Surveillance System Strengthening Program.
  4. National Pathology Registry System (SNAP-SIVIPCAN).
  5. Access Program to cancer treatment for women and children of rural origin.

Movicancer is a full member of the National Cancer Council and supports the Ministry of Health in tasks and initiatives together with other agencies and NGOs to introduce new low-cost and highly effective technologies for cervical cancer control, such as the HPV-Test, which It has benefited more than 80 thousand women. In addition, it supports operational research on various related topics with the purpose of improving the quality and warmth of the different strategies it develops in order to ensure the reduction of mortality and the promotion of survival in the Cancer field. www.minsa.gob.ni

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The Network of National Cancer Institutes (RINC/UNASUR), is a structuring and operational institution of UNASUR Health, and as such has prerogatives and obligations defined in the legal framework of UNASUR. It was born as a strategy of articulation and cooperation between public institutions at the national level. The RINC is responsible for developing and/or executing cancer control programs in the South American region and in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Representing Nicaragua, Movicancer is an associated organization since its embryonic creation within the framework of the 2nd International Congress on Cancer Control in Rio de Janeiro in 2007 under the initiative of the “Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean for Cancer Control”. In the development of this body, the following prerogatives were revealed:

  1. Need for regional cooperation, identified in the previous meetings held in Mexico and in Rio de Janeiro, in 2006, with the support of the American Cancer Society (ACS).
  2. Identification of common challenges for cancer control in the region.
  3. Creation of opportunities for countries with successful programs and the exchange of best practices among Alliance members: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua (Movicancer), Peru and Uruguay formed the Alliance, represented by national cancer institutes, ministries of health, oncology societies and researchers. Many efforts have been made in the creation of a community of practice for cancer control, with actions in priority areas, such as; control of tobacco, breast and cervical cancer.

Since then, RINC-UNASUR has supported Movicancer in strengthening technical and human capacities for providers of cancer prevention services. It has been a catalyst and promoter of cooperation relations between Latin American countries in order to consolidate an articulation platform based on best practices and ensure the dissemination of new knowledge. Since 2011, it has been working on a “Regional Plan of Integrated Actions: Platform for the exchange of experiences and technical assistance for the prevention and control of cervical cancer in South America” ​​in which Movicancer actively participates for its implementation with an emphasis on the Central American region. www.slacom.org/rinc-slacom

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The International Union Against Cancer (UICC) is the world’s largest Organization whose mission, in part, is to unite the cancer community to reduce the global burden of cancer, promote greater equity, and integrate cancer control into global health and development agenda.

Movicancer is a full member of the UICC; which implies participating in various programs, initiatives, as well as in the selection of the UICC board of directors. The UICC has provided technical and financial assistance to Movicancer in order to strengthen local capacities for the treatment of cervical cancer precursor lesions, as well as equipment that allows it to provide care closer to the population where it has intervened with the support of PATH.

The UICC has contributed to the institutional strengthening of Movicancer in order to achieve its goals and capacity to adopt best practices in organizational management, which allows responding to the national needs of Cancer control. www.uicc.org

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The Center for Research and Studies for Health of the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (CIES-UNAN), is an academic institution at the service of the Mesoamerican region for the training of human resources in Public Health. It develops postgraduate study programs, research on priority health issues, intervention projects to address health problems, proposals for responsible and humanized technical advice, specific consultancies such as program evaluations, among others.

CIES-UNAN, since 2007, has been a close collaborator with Movicancer in various initiatives in order to generate health professionals with greater capacity to manage cancer control programs with an emphasis on women’s cancer. Likewise, it has participated in community education strategies with the purpose of promoting a greater role of the individual against the risk of developing cancer. CIES, in its role as a center for thought management, has developed, together with Movicancer, various conferences with international experts in order to contribute to creating a more effective model in cancer control, especially for Central American countries with limited resource environments. www.cies.edu.ni

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The International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) is an international organization of leading oncology nurses dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people at risk or living with cancer, by promoting the role of the nurse in improving cancer care and developing nursing leadership in the delivery of cancer care.

The ISNCC, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society (ACS), has supported Movicancer in strengthening the national capacities of nurses in order to promote best practices in cancer control with an emphasis on cervical cancer prevention programs. The international training program has benefited nurses from the Nicaraguan public health sector, who actively contribute to improving the national care and prevention response in the national reproductive health strategy. www.isncc.org

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The American Cancer Society (ACS) is the American health organization that, based on community and voluntary service, is dedicated, through research, education, advocacy and service delivery, to prevent cancer, save lives and reduce the suffering caused by cancer in order to eliminate it as one of the main health problems.

The mission of the American Cancer Society is to save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer. Since 2007, the American Cancer Society has been supporting the institutional development of Movicancer in order to improve its ability to respond to national cancer control needs.

In 2008, the ACS awarded the “Latin Excellence 2008” award to Movicancer for its efforts in the technological development of SIVIPCAN®

as a tool to promote cervical cancer control and contributed the necessary funds to create version 2.0.

The ACS has also supported Movicancer to develop a comprehensive model for the organization, development and implementation of a breast cancer detection and treatment program based on the context of limited resources. This program to integrate cervical cancer control has contributed to the provision of two health services to women in a single consultation.

The result of these is condensed into 4 modules called: “Breast Health Management Course” that can be downloaded from the Movicancer Documentation Center (CEDOC). These modules are available free of charge to doctors and nurses who organize the provision of cancer prevention services at the first level of health care (PHC).

The ACS together with the UICC have supported Movicancer in order to improve its Advocacy and resource management capacities to advance the projects and organizational objectives. www.cancer.org