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Capacity development of primary health care professionals on oncology and awareness raising for lung cancer and melanoma

Porto Alegre builds the capacity of primary healthcare oncology professionals and raises awareness of lung cancer and melanoma.
Porto Alegre
Completion as of Mar 31, 2023
62%
Project lead
Dr. Marcelo Capra

The challenge

Porto Alegre’s situation analysis report, conducted by key city stakeholders, identified delays between the suspicion and diagnosis of cancer and a lack of awareness of cancer among health professionals (physicians, nurses and community health workers) at the primary healthcare (PHC) level.

The goal

To improve early diagnosis and education in primary care, raise access to specialised treatment and strengthen the health system in Porto Alegre.

How

The project team will develop a red flag protocol for the early diagnosis of lung cancer and melanoma, along with education in the signs and symptoms of these conditions, which will be delivered and piloted by Conceição Hospital Group. The lung cancer and melanoma online courses will train primary healthcare professionals to recognise the early signs and symptoms of common cancers, and a report will be published.

Outputs

  • Primary healthcare professionals trained to detect the early signs and symptoms of common cancers and refer suspected cases for definitive diagnosis and treatment.
  • A red flag protocol for the early diagnosis of lung cancer and melanoma developed, delivered and piloted at Conceição Hospital Group.
  • A red flag protocol report developed for lung cancer and melanoma online courses.

Team

Project Lead
Dr. Marcelo Capra
Technical Lead
Dr Clarice Gabardo Ritter - Dermatologist
Dr Renata Diniz Marques - Pneumologist
Dr Daniela Wilhelms - Community Health Manager, PHC
Project Team
Natacha Gastal - Comms Manager, IGCC
Dr Cláudia Teixeira - Consultancy Leader, N&C Consultoria em Saúde (Health Project Consultancy Firm)
Dr Gabriela Alerico- Mãe de Deus Private Hospital and Partner at N&C Consultoria em Saúde (Health Project Consultancy Firm)
Dr Marcelo Eduardo Zanella Capra

Through this project with C/Can, we are looking to pioneer new protocols for early diagnosis, a new model for diagnostic pathways and a strong patient navigation program that will improve our service delivery and that can be scaled to other public hospitals in Brazil to benefit the maximum number of patients

Dr Marcelo Eduardo Zanella Capra
Medical chief of onco-hemato cancer Leader of Early Cancer Diagnosis project in Porto Alegre at Grupo Hospitalar Conceição

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