Masera G, Baez F, Biondi A, Cavalli F, Conter V, Flores A, Fontana G, Fossati Bellani F, Lanfranco P, Malta A, Mendez G, Ocampo E, Pacheco C, Riva L, Sala A, Silva F, Sessa C, Tognoni G
Pediatric Clinic, University of Milan, S Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Lancet. 1998 Dec 12;352(9144):1923-6. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)07077-9.
We describe the La Mascota twinning programme between La Mascota paediatric hospital in Managua, Nicaragua, and hospitals in Monza and Milan, Italy, and Bellinzona, Switzerland. The programme was based on the belief that an attempt to reduce the gap in mortality from cancer in childhood between developed and less developed countries should become an integral part of the care and research activity of a haemato-oncological department of a developed country and not simply an exercise in solidarity. This programme for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia shows that intellectual, organisational, and financial resources can be generated by a twinning programme. What is vital for such programmes is a long-term commitment to a comprehensive and holistic strategy that incorporates supply of drugs, training and supervision of health professionals, and the care of the children and of their parents.
我们介绍了尼加拉瓜马那瓜的拉马斯科塔儿童医院与意大利蒙扎和米兰以及瑞士贝林佐纳的医院之间开展的拉马斯科塔孪生计划。该计划基于这样一种信念，即缩小发达国家和欠发达国家儿童癌症死亡率差距的努力应成为发达国家血液肿瘤科室护理和研究活动的一个组成部分，而不仅仅是一种团结行动。这个针对急性淋巴细胞白血病的计划表明，孪生计划能够产生智力、组织和财政资源。此类计划至关重要的是对一项全面且整体战略的长期承诺，该战略包括药品供应、卫生专业人员的培训与监督以及对儿童及其父母的护理。
