Bolivia: Celebrando la Vida. Asociación de Lucha Contra La Leucemia

Member’s description

Non-for Profit Organization (NGO) representing patients of the CML (LMC) and families of patients affected, mainly in Santa Cruz Department, but including affected patients in the whole country of Bolivia – South America.
Mostly managed in Spanish also cover indigenous communities in the Highlands and Lowlands of Bolivia.

Organizational objectives and key programs

Our organizational objectives are:

• Support and companion to new and existing patients affected by the CML since the initial diagnostic of the disease.
• Psychological and emotional support to the affected both patients and relatives.
• Public Awareness and public campaigns about the CML and other kind of similar diseases.
• Work in coordination and support with the Max Foundation in Bolivia.
• Works in Public Health policies in support of the CML-affected communities and their relatives.
• Social control of the CML supports health institutions, mainly governmental and the availability of medicines for the CML community; works with the Customs and Health authorities and also the medical, health community in support of all patients affected.
• All others activities related to the CML and the people that live with this health condition.