Soad Fuentes-Alabí

Biographic Data

ID7504274
NAMESoad Fuentes-Alabí
GIVEN NAMESSoad
FAMILY NAMEFuentes-Alabí
SIGNATUREFUENTES-ALABÍ S
AFFILIATIONSPan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., United States of America
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Storytelling workshop to encourage stakeholder engagement with the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer

    Open AccessSoad Fuentes-Alabí, Soad Fuentes‐Alabi et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2023

    Storytelling can enhance stakeholder engagement and support the implementation of the World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer, which aims to improve care globally for children with cancer. The Initiative aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, addressing health, education, inequalities and international collaboration. This report describes the design and …

  • Partnering to implement the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer in the Americas

    Open AccessCatherine G Lam, Liliana Vasquez et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2023

    Working with PAHO/WHO to prioritize childhood cancer in the context of systems strengthening is central to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH)’s role as WHO Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer. This manuscript focuses on how SJCRH and PAHO/WHO have partnered to apply C5 (Country Collaboration for Childhood Cancer Control) to define and implement priority actions regionally, strengthening Ministry programs for childhood cancer, whi…

  • Regional collaboration for the development of national childhood cancer plans in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Open AccessPatricia Loggetto, Marta Jarquin-Pardo et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2023

    This article aims to describe the activities conducted by the National Childhood Cancer Plan Working Group to support the development of national childhood cancer plans in Latin America and the Caribbean in the period 2019–2022, and to present the stage of plan development. The Working Group activities were supported by the Pan American Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which is the World Health Organization (WHO) Col…

  • Health literacy on quality of life for children with cancer

    Open AccessXimena Garcia-Quintero, Daniel Bastardo Blanco et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2023

    Objective. To describe the development of educational materials for parents and other caregivers of children with cancer, which utilized a culturally sensitive approach to reduce acceptance barriers to palliative care (PC). Methods. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and partners in Latin America and the Caribbean collaborated in a three-phase project, beginning with a needs assessment survey of ca…

  • Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer

    Open AccessKarina Quintero, Iveth Berrio et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2023

    Despite being classified as a high-income country, Panama still faces challenges in providing care for children and adolescents with cancer. Annually, 170 new cases of childhood cancer are diagnosed in Panama, and the survival rate is around 60%. To improve this, the establishment of a Pediatric Cancer Commission comprised of healthcare professionals and nonprofit organizations has been a critical step toward the objectives outlined in the Cure A…

  • Collaborative effort to catalyze the implementation of the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer in the Central American subregion

    Open AccessMaria de los Angeles Campos, Katiuska E Alvayero et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2023

    In Central America, childhood cancer is one of the leading causes of death. It is also a significant disease burden to health systems, with social and economic implications for families. The World Health Organization (WHO), the Executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic (SE-COMISCA), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital are working collab…

  • Collaboration for success

    Open AccessLiliana Vasquez, Soad Fuentes-Alabí et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2023

    The Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC) aims to increase the cure rate for children with cancer globally by improving healthcare access and quality. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (St. Jude), and collaborators have joined efforts to improve outcomes of children with cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) using the Cure All framework. In this article, we describe the process of…

  • Standards for psychosocial care in pediatric cancer

    Open AccessViviana Trigoso, Liliana Vasquez et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2023

    This project represents a substantial step forward to improve PSC for pediatric patients with cancer and their families in LAC countries. The establishment of working groups and evidence-based interventions strengthen the proposal and its implementation. Development of health policies that include PSC according to standards is needed to achieve sustainable results in the quality of life of children with cancer and their families

  • Advances in the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer

    Open AccessLiliana Vasquez, Soad Fuentes-Alabí et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2023

    This report describes the status of childhood cancer control initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Progress between 2017 and 2023 is measured using the outcome indicators from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) childhood cancer logic model aligned with the World Health Organization Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC). This report also describes the advances, barriers, and facilitators for the implementation of t…