Guatemala 1 project

Advancing integrated care management of people with haemophilia in Guatemala

Partner institution
Hospital Roosevelt and Hospital San Juan de Dios, Guatemala City

Represented by
Dr Marta Julia Lopez
Dr Pedro Alvarado

Duration
2 years, started Q4 2014

Status
Cancelled

Objectives

• Train the healthcare professionals from both public hospitals and social          security hospital in Guatemala City as well as hospital in Quetzaltenango
• Improve the hospital infrastruture and quality of care of PwH
• Educate patients and their families by the multidisciplinary care team
• Create a national technical committee for haemophilia and institutionalise it
• Create national haemophilia treatment guidelines

Reasons for cancellation

The project could not start its activities within a year after NNHF Council approval due to changes in the project leadership. Despite various efforts to accelerate the process and find new project leadership, it was not possible and therefore the project was cancelled.