The role of twinning in sustainable care for children with cancer: A TIPPing point? SIOP PODC Working Group on Twinning, Collaboration, and Support.
Vikramjit S KanwarKevin R SchwartzNihad SalifuAhmed M AbdelfattahBernard AnimJulie CayrolElizabeth SnidermanTim EdenPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2020)
With the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer, there is renewed interest in sustainable interventions to improve childhood cancer care in low-/middle-income countries (LMICs). Practitioners in LMICs have traditionally practiced "twinning," i.e., targeted international pediatric oncology partnerships (TIPPs) between one or more institutions in a high-income country (HIC) and an LMIC, to improve care for children with cancer in the latter. The International Society of Paediatric Oncology Committee for Paediatric Oncology in Developing Countries Working Group on Twinning, Collaboration, and Support reviewed guidelines from https://cancerpointe.com and the current literature, gathered input from practitioners in LMICs, and in this article discuss the role of TIPPs in the WHO initiative.
Keyphrases
- childhood cancer
- young adults
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- papillary thyroid
- healthcare
- physical activity
- primary care
- intensive care unit
- emergency department
- systematic review
- mental health
- squamous cell
- pain management
- squamous cell carcinoma
- clinical practice
- public health
- general practice
- lymph node metastasis
- early life
- chronic pain
- drug delivery
- health insurance