Adeje council’s department of health, under Councillor Esther Rivero Vargas, is continuing to promote awareness, prevention and control of breast cancer among the population. The council works with other agencies to underline the importance of research, early detection and support for people who suffer from it.
Councillor Rivero Vargas has been working with the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) and the Walk for Life Foundation, supporting these organisations in the work they carry out to improve the health and quality of life of people who suffer from or have undergone a cancer diagnosis. During the first meeting held with the AECC, specifically with the Provincial Manager of the organisation, Ana Belén Prado Prieto and the technical staff of the Comarca Sur de Tenerife, the services provided by the association in Adeje and their stability were evaluated and agreed upon.
The councillor also visited the HQ of the Walk for Life foundation where she met with the Foundation president Brigitte Gypen, and guaranteed the council’s commitment to the continuity of the services aimed at people suffering from any type of cancer, especially breast cancer.
World Breast Cancer Day
Among the actions taking place today the AECC mounted an information table at the main door of the Adeje Convento, with information for people about the services offered in Adeje by the association, and news of a workshop (in Spanish) on risk factors in breast cancer, led by Daina Valeria Garelli, psychologist and technical staff in prevention of the Spanish Association Against Cancer. The Town Hall also hung a banner to mark the day, and the Plaza de España will be lit in pink this evening.
The 2nd Yoga for Life Festival 2023 is taking place on Saturday 21st October, at 4pm in Dzamling Gar, Playa Paraiso, Adeje. The aim of this initiative is to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer and is supported by the Walk for Life foundation and Adeje council.
Adeje and cancer services
Together with the AECC, Adeje council provides the following services:
• "Comprehensive care for people with cancer and their families". This is a regional resource whose aim is to attend to the psychological, social and physical needs of people with cancer who come from Adeje, Arona, Guía de Isora, San Miguel de Abona and Santiago del Teide.
• Specialised programme to prevent lymphedema, aimed at women who have undergone breast cancer surgery.
• Healthy routes programme, a dynamic activity designed to promote healthy physical exercise and combat sedentary lifestyles among the population.
• Educational programme on healthy lifestyle habits, aimed at the primary and secondary school population, with the aim of encouraging the consumption of healthy food at lunch and snacks.
• Transport service for cancer patients who need to attend appointments at the specialised services of the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Hospital.
The Walk for Life Foundation carries out the following actions:
• Walk for Life, a solidarity event which raises funds for the Walk for Life Foundation's assistance projects, as well as funding to meet the needs of those affected by breast cancer and people allied in the fight against this disease.
• Swimming for Life, a sporting event to raise awareness of breast cancer,
• Sala Rosa/Pink Room, a space in Adeje that facilitates awareness-raising and educational activities for people during and after their cancer treatment.
• BRA Project, delivery of new and personalised bras after a mastectomy.
• LINFA Project, grant for the purchase of lymphatic sleeves for people with lymphedema.
• "Areolas solidarias", funding for micro pigmentation to restore the aesthetics of the breast after a mastectomy that involves the removal of the areola.
• Goodbag, free delivery of bags to transport drainage comfortably and safely for people who have undergone breast cancer surgery.
• With FERO Hospital CLINIC Barcelona, the foundation collaborates financially for the development of the research project of adoptive transfer of TILS tumour infiltrating lymphocytes.
• With the Clínica Universitaria de Navarra in Madrid, financial contributions to a research project to avoid sentinel lymph node biopsy and thus reduce the risk of lymphedema.
• CONTIGO Foundation, financial contribution to fund a project on metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.
• With the AECC they provide financing for the transport service for people with cancer living in the south of Tenerife to the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria.
• With the INVI Association, financial contribution to develop an oncological research project on breast cancer in men promoted by the GEICAM research group.
• "Camino de Santiago por la Vida", a project designed and adapted to the particularities of people affected by cancer, especially breast cancer, and whose health conditions allow them to carry out the physical activity without risk to their health.
