Global Initiative's Reach
in Mexico

Mexico

  • Mexico City
  • Jalisco
  • Nuevo Leon
  • Oaxaca
  • Michoacan
  • Morelos
  • State of Mexico

Breast Cancer in Mexico

  • Since 2006, breast cancer has been the number one cause of cancer-related death among women aged 30 to 54.
  • In 2006, 4461 Mexican women died from breast cancer, the equivalent of one breast cancer-related death every two hours.
  • While roughly 60% of breast cancer cases in the United States are detected at Stage 1, only 5 to 10% of cases in Mexico are, while more than half of breast cancer cases are detected at Stage 3 or 4.
    Sources: Reporte Rosa; Campaña Tómatelo a Pecho: 2008 Community Assessment Mexico, page 4

Global Initiative Team

  • Program Manager: Miriam Ruiz Mendoza
  • Master Trainer: Livia Olvera Snyder

Mexico

Global Initiative in Mexico at a Glance
2007 – 2009

Global Initiative Mexico Network 2010

  • Advocates gain knowledge and skills to impact breast health outcomes: 98 Course for the Cure™ graduates.
  • 61 Organizations involved in the Global Initiative network.
  • Five Community Breast Health Assessments.
  • Community Grants Awarded: 12 community grant projects in six states focusing on community outreach, support groups, training health professionals and reaching indigenous populations.
  • More than 2,000 women screened through mammography.
  • 130 health professionals trained in Clinical Breast Exams (CBE).
  • More than 6,000 men and women reached through breast self-awareness (BSA) outreach.

Mexico Highlights

Workplace Awareness

In honor of Komen’s partnership with American Airlines, since 2009 the Global Initiative team in Mexico has conducted more than 22 Breast Self-Awareness presentations in the workplace to American Airlines employees and contractors at locations throughout Mexico.
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Building Networks

The project “Working towards Breast Health for Mexican Women,” developed a formal network of breast health organizations in Mexico City within the National Cancer Network, officially called the Breast Cancer Group (SECAMA), and is providing outreach and information to vulnerable populations.
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Reaching Indigenous Communities

With approximately 10.8 million indigenous people in Mexico, many of whom speak a language other than Spanish, it is important to include these communities in health initiatives in a culturally sensitive and relevant way. A community project did just that by working with several rural Triqui communities in the mountainous region of Oaxaca.
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Training Medical Professionals

The project “Training Doctors and Other Health Providers,” which took place in Cuquio, Jalisco, directly addressed the need to train primary care doctors, nurses and social workers who attend to rural populations on breast cancer early detection, clinical breast exams and raising awareness.
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Local Partners

  • Lead Partner Organization—Mexico City and Monterrey: Asociacion Mexicana Contra el Cancer de Mama, A.C. (Fundacion Cim*ab), www.cimab.org
  • Local Partner Organization—Guadalajara: Instituto Jaliciense de las Mujeres
  • Local Partner Organization—Ciudad Nezahuacoyotl, Mexico State: Asociación de Salud y Bienestar de la Familia (ASBIS)
  • Local Partner Organization—Metepec, Mexico State: Vamos a Dar, A.C.
  • Local Partner Organization – Xalapa, Veracruz: Salud y Genero, A.C.

Steering Committee

  • Berta Aguilar López, Fundación Cim*ab
  • Carmen Landa, Cultural Affairs Office, US Embassy
  • Mari Carmen Forgach Marcor, Pro salud Mamaria (Prosama)
  • Dr. Ernesto R. Sanchez Forgach, Mastológica Lomas
  • Dr. Alejandro Mohar Betancourt, National Cancer Institute (INCAN)
  • Dr. Laura Suchil Bernal, National Cancer Institute
  • Dr. Felicia Knaul, Tómatelo a Pecho
  • Dr. Patricia Uribe Zúñiga, National Center for Gender Equity and Reproductive Health
  • Dr. Arturo Vega Saldaña, Gynecologist
  • Dr. Patricia Pérez Reyes, Nuevo León Secretary of Health
  • Emma Vera, Grupo Reto
  • Dr. Jose Luis Guzman Murguía, Breast Care Center
  • María Elena Maza, American Cancer Society
  • Esther Casanova Padilla, CIMAS
  • Lic.Carmen Lucía Pérez, Jalisco Institute of Women
  • Dr. Manuel Cortés, Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde”
  • Dr. Elia Marisela Durá Cobo, MEXFAM
  • Dr. Verónica Rocha, ASBIS
  • Mayra Galindo, Mexican Association Against Cancer (AMLCC)

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