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Category: Diagnostics & Monitoring

  • El Salvador’s Hospital Nacional Rosales Receives New GeneXpert Machine

    El Salvador’s Hospital Nacional Rosales Receives New GeneXpert Machine

    By Jacqueline Ivonne Montúfar – Regional Program Manager – LatAm I am excited to share some great news from El Salvador. A new GeneXpert instrument has arrived and has been successfully installed at Hospital Nacional Rosales. Looking back, 2024 was a milestone year for El Salvador. On February 22nd, the hospital received its first-ever donation….

  • From first symptoms to finding an effective treatment

    From first symptoms to finding an effective treatment

    The journey from experiencing the first symptoms of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) to finding an effective treatment can be long, difficult, and painful, especially in low- and middle-income countries. That was the case for Chamu from Harare, Zimbabwe. It took him more than a year to get a diagnosis, but he kept fighting and is….

  • A life of challenge giving way to hope for the future

    A life of challenge giving way to hope for the future

    Setu Kumari Khadka was born in Nepal in 1989 to much celebration, as the first daughter born into her family after several generations.  Setu remembers being weak and having health issues as a child and having to be taken to Mumbai, India for diagnosis and hospitalized there. No cause for her weakness came out of….

  • A Woman with many hands

    A Woman with many hands

    My name is Chhoun Socheata, I am 31 years old and I am an online teacher, teaching English and Khmer (Cambodian language). I have two children, a 10-year-old daughter, and a 6-year-old son. My goal in the future is to own a school, which teaches English/Khmer that I can train Cambodian children as well as….

  • In India, Patient Meetings Reduce Stigma and Unite Hope

    In India, Patient Meetings Reduce Stigma and Unite Hope

    Every year our South Asia team organizes 15–20 meetings that unite hundreds of the patients we serve, their families, caregivers, and physicians. These meetings provide a safe and comfortable platform for everyone to share their insights and learn from each other’s experiences with cancer.

  • Honoring our Lung Cancer Patients During Lung Cancer Awareness Month (LCAM)

    Honoring our Lung Cancer Patients During Lung Cancer Awareness Month (LCAM)

    In April of 2015, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, known as the Gorkha earthquake, devastated Nepal, crumbling multi-story buildings in its capital, Kathmandu. In the midst of the aftermath, Nabin, a 41-year-old pharmacist living in a village outside of Kathmandu, struggled to find a remedy for a persistent fever and cough. Roads were covered with rubble, and….

  • Becoming a Mother While Facing Cancer

    Becoming a Mother While Facing Cancer

    Having a baby is a major decision, especially for Thao from Vietnam, a cancer patient who had to pause her treatment in order to have a safe pregnancy. Thao shares how she found support through her patient group, her family, and The Max Foundation.

  • ‘Spot On CML’ Comes to Nepal

    ‘Spot On CML’ Comes to Nepal

    Viji Venkatesh visits Kabitha, the very first patient in Nepal to be tested through our Spot On CML collaboration with Fred Hutch. Since her test, 35 patients have gained diagnostic testing through the Spot On CML initiative!

  • Inspiration Abounds at Fred Hutch

    Inspiration Abounds at Fred Hutch

    This has been an incredible year. The Max Foundation not only celebrated 20 wonderful years of impacting and changing lives it also expanded its horizons. We are embracing new challenges and turning them into opportunities to change lives across the globe. During my visit to Seattle for our 20th anniversary celebration, I was fortunate to….

  • Spot On CML: A Little Card That’s Making a Big Difference for Diagnostics

    Spot On CML: A Little Card That’s Making a Big Difference for Diagnostics

    Access to accurate diagnostics is a major challenge for many cancer patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This is especially true for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients. GeneXperts, the machines used to diagnose CML, run $10,000-$70,000 USD, and the cartridges used for each test cost around $50 USD. At these prices, many health facilities….

  • Updates from Across the Globe

    Updates from Across the Globe

    We’ve already seen lots of activity around the world this spring: The first gastrointestinal stromal tumor patient meeting in Hyderabad, India; storytelling workshops where people facing cancer learn to share their experience with dignity and hope; and the Malaysia patient team takes their gathering public with a great picnic! See what else has been happening at The Max Foundation during the first part of 2016.