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About Solace Foundation
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Overview

Solace Foundation is a non-profit making entity incorporated under the single window registration at the Attorney General’s office, Republic of the Gambia. Solace Foundation was founded by Dr. Lamin Jaiteh & Dr. Fatoumatta Jitteh. Both are medical doctors passionate about contributing to the provision of care to cancer patients in The Gambia.

 

Solace Foundation Cancer Center will be a charitable venture that will have a self sustaining operational model that will aim at provision of oncological services to the population living in Gambia and beyond.

 

Organization’s Focus

Our dedication to the improvement of patient experience is the foundation on which our operational model is built. In context of value driven administrative expertise, Solace Foundation will focus on the following:

  • PARTNERSHIP
  • TREATMENT
  • TRAINING
  • SUPPORT
  • ADMINISTRATION
  • SUSTAINABILITY
Objectives
  • Be the center of excellence in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
  • Provide effective cancer treatment options.
  • Treat the most prevalent oncological ailments in the country, thus reducing the numbers seeking overseas treatment for cancer.
  • Become a regional hub and leading cancer treatment center in the subregion.
  • Serve as a teaching hospital for all things cancer related in Gambia.
  • Create employment opportunities for young Gambian professional and help build the local healthcare capacity and create exposure to aspiring healthcare workers in the domain of oncology.
  • Establish a female cancer support group especially for cervical and breast cancers.
  • Establish Cancer survivorship program.
  • Help reduce health inequalities in health and sanitation to ensure equal health opportunities.
  • Protect public health and well-being of vulnerable populations.
  • Aid vulnerable communities by enabling access to nonexistent health services.
  • Support health research and development
  • Provide access to affordable and essential healthcare for all
  • Partner with key organizations to facilitate the effective and efficient management of non-communicable diseases.
  • Strengthen and revitalize the Global Partnership for better healthcare in The Gambia
  • To excel and complement government efforts, thereby contributing to the socio-economic development of the Gambia.
  • To improve overall healthcare provision in the country.

The organization is composed of Health professional passionate about ensuring oncology needs are adequately meet and on time. The team is enriched with non-medical personal from private sectors and civil societies. We believe our diversity augments our perspective toward existing health challenges and provides a novel and unique approach to resolving them.

 

Solace Foundation was born out of the vision to tackle the growing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases like Diabetes, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases and Cancer. With the project of establishing a dedicated oncology cancer that would enable effective cancer management for all patients through investment in an all-inclusive cancer treatment center for clinically confirmed cancer patients.

 

Our focus will span from outpatient clinics for basic screening, diagnosis and follow up of patients to comprehensive cancer centers with a full range of treatment options. Our solution is to provide in time a holistic approach which would increasing screening, imaging and histopathological diagnosis, surgery, radiotherapy and palliative care.