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COLLECTION BEGINS TO ATTEND NATIONAL PUBLIC HIGH COST OF DISEASES

To raise funds for patients with highly complex diseases such as cancer, kidney failure, birth defects, heart disease, hemophilia and other ailments, which would therefore require a high cost of treatment, Intangible Solidarity Fund for Health (FISSAL) commence Thursday 3 to Saturday 12 June, a national public collection.

Under the slogan "Your contribution is Life", organized FISSAL this campaign that will benefit patients served in establishments of the Ministry of Health, and do not have the financial resources for treatment.

FISSAL executive secretary, Henry Maquera Colque, said the aid will be channeled through the bottom serving as the financial supplement Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS), taking its own resources and the collaboration of public and private institutions, complex cases they need a fairly significant financial coverage.

He said that for the fourth time this collection is organized in solidarity, for which about 700 cans have been placed in Lima and Callao in different private companies and public institutions have joined in solidarity to support patients who are on the waiting list.

The fund finances treatments in excess of 25 000 to 88 suns and a thousand suns, helping patients who have an 80% chance to heal. Thus, a medical board of the Ministry of Health, Episcopal Conference and the Medical College of Peru evaluates the cases that can be benefited.

The treatments evaluated included intensive chemotherapy, surgery, transplants, valve changes, to be held in patients served in various health facilities.

Also have reported that more than 80 people from different regions of the country, from children to older adults on the waiting list, which as a whole need more than five million soles for treatment.

A collection have joined large corporations and institutions like the National Bank with all its branch network in Lima and Callao, Renzo Costa, Supermarkets Candy, Grupo Gloria, JR Lindley, AFP Integra, Bayer, Peruplast, Sherfarma, including institutions that have installed piggy solidarity to complement assistance to poor and extremely poor patients.

FUNDED CASES

Funding approval applications for high cost cases submitted by the Comprehensive Health Insurance are presented to the Board of Directors of FISSAL, that approves their financing according to the assessment that the Medical Committee of Honor formulates under pre-established technical criteria. To view: Cases pending up to the month of November 2009. The following are the financed cases, please choose from the list below:Cases pending up to the month of November 2009. The following are the financed cases, please choose from the list below: http://www.fissal.org.pe/img/noviembrecasosespera.pdf

COMMISSIONERS FEES:

With the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Directorate of FISSAL at its meeting No. 73 of October 20, 2009, the appointment of the first Honorary Commissioners was approved, notables in the community of Peruvians who reside abroad, who will have as its fundamental mission to spread the role and progress of FISSAL, to seek donations from institutions and individuals, and to promote patronage for cases of Peruvians who suffer of diseases having a high cost care.

• Dr. Juan Alejos, Honorary Commissioner in Los Angeles - California, USA.
• Ms. Liliana Herrera, Honorary Commissioner in Atlanta - Georgia, USA.
• Dr. Jesus Ponce Flores, Honorary Commissioner in Rome, Italy
• Ms. Teodora Evans Rupay, Honorary Commissioner in Rome, Italy
• Dr. Hector Raul Ortega Chávez, Honorary Commissioner in Tokyo, Japan

FISSAL GOAL and KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

FISSAL GOAL: To establish a complementary intangible health fund, with contributions from the public sector, private donations (private companies, individuals) and international cooperation to financially supplement the role of the Comprehensive Health Insurance.

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS: The key ingredients for achieving our objectives are: (1) to keep a competent and honest team, being cohesive and everyone involved with their work. (2) To generate a participative directory. (3) To have adequate standards both internally and externally. (4) To obtain adequate internal logistics to achieve a good performance. (5) To manage a network of contacts to generate synergies. (6) To have adequate internal logistics.

VALUES:

• Honesty, we believe that the foundation of the organization and of the actions we perform is based on this value, because it is the pillar of the confidence we get from third parties to help others.
• Transparency, likewise, we believe that our role in society will be sustainable to the extent that we report about all the resources we receive.
• Commitment to service, as the reason of FISSAL existence is to work with the poorest people health, team members act having them as target.
• Solidarity, we stand together because we believe that sharing is the only way to ensure that aid reaches those who have less.

MISSION and VISION

MISSION: Our mission is to raise funds and to allocate cooperation resources to supplement health services funding, supporting the Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS), targeted to the poor and extremely poor people in our country. Consistent with this, our corporate policy adopted by the Board of Directors, is to support the universal health insurance, providing funds for access of the extremely poor people to "health benefits" that the Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS) can not finance, called social or catastrophic cases related to high cost chronic degenerative diseases.

VISION: Our vision is to become an important fund of financial resources, supported by a network of cooperating solidarity, supporting the universal insurance and financially complementing the Comprehensive Health Insurance, to provide better health benefits to most of the population living in poverty and extreme poverty in the country.

ABOUT US:

We are an organization constituted as a legal entity under private law, created by Law 27656 of 15 January 2002, under the Ministry of Health. Our aim is to promote access to quality health services to the poor population of our country that is excluded from them, supplementing the financing of the Comprehensive Health Insurance (SIS).
For this purpose, we manage aid from private and public sources, international cooperators, governments and others. Autonomy of management permits us adequate levels of transparency and flexibility, we have a Board of Directors consisting of 7 members: 3 represent the Ministry of Health, 1 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1 to the Ombudsman's Office, 1 to the Peruvian Episcopal Conference and 1 at the Medical College of Peru.

Funding Sources

Public Resources
In 2009, FISSAL succeeded in incorporating to Law 2934, Universal Insurance Law as well as the Regulation of said law, which is about to be approved. Thus, FISSAL officially obtained a defined role in politics and in the public health system. Additionally, FISSAL continues making arrangements with the Ministry of Health (MINSA) and the Ministry of Economy and Finances (MEF) for allocation of resources.

International Cooperation

With the support of International Cooperation, Peruvian-Belgian Studies Fund, we currently manage financing of 2 studies: "Claims, Incidence and revalence of Catastrophic high cost Illnesses in Peru and their Financial Projection" and “Structure and Financing of the Fund for
Catastrophic Illnesses and High Cost in Peru“.
Deployment of a network of HONORARY DELEGATES has begun in the cities of: Rome, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Tokio, in order to undertake activities to disseminate information about FISSAL’s work, looking for various funds and grants.

Private Sources

We permanently make campaigns and public activities to collect funds from civil society and private companies.

Advances in Financing Cases

Up to date, 1.2 million soles have been allocated in more
than 30 patients with high cost illnesses, from various
regions of the country.
Currently, there are more than 80 cases in waiting list,
which in total need more than five million soles.