The Binaytara Foundation (BTF) was established in 2007 by Dr. Binay Shah and wife Tara Shah with the goal of promoting health and education in underprivileged societies. The BTF is a Washington State nonprofit organization exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. At the 37th plenary meeting held July 18, 2013, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) decided to grant special consultative status to the BTF. The ECOSOC grants special consultative status to NGOs that are concerned specifically with only a few of the fields of activity covered in ECOSOC and bears special competence in that field. BTF has founded multiple programs in underdeveloped and developing countries to improve access to healthcare. Recent accomplishments include developing home hospice and palliative care in India and Nepal, and the first bone marrow transplant center in Nepal.
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Current projects
Nepal Hospice and Palliative Care Partnership: In partnership with local physicians and healthcare organizations, BTF helps start home hospice programs in Nepal. The goal of this program is to create hospice and palliative care services in Nepali communities where access to healthcare is limited. Nepali physicians and healthcare organizations who qualify for partnership receive various forms of support from BTF. Currently, one partnership exist in Janakpur, Nepal. Applications for partnership are available on the BTF website. Eligible applicants must have an active license to practice medicine in Nepal, a personal vehicle, and a computer with internet access. Healthcare organizations can also apply.
India Hospice and Palliative Care Program: BTF in partnership with the government of Madhya Pradesh in India to establish hospice and palliative care programs in all of the state's 51 districts. To accomplish this, BTF in 2018 established the state's first hospice and palliative care training center at Ujjain District Hospital in Madhya Pradesh. Along with providing hospice and palliative care services, the center provides training to nurses and physicians to learn those types of services and create their own programs throughout the region. The partnership with Madhya Pradesh started in November 2016. Dr. C. M. Tripathi is the lead physician for the program working at Ujjain District Hospital. He completed training in Boise, Idaho, at Horizon Home Health and Hospice.
The International Conference on Advances in Hematology and Oncology (ICAHO): ICAHO is an annual conference for medial professionals generally held in August of each year in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The conference's aim is to improve the care of hematology and oncology patients by providing attendees with new updates in the field. There are opportunities provided to submit research abstracts, with accepted abstracts appearing in the Anticancer Research Journal. Recent hashtags for the ICAHO conferences include #ICAHO2017 and #ICAHO2018. The conference agenda is geared toward the following:
- Hematologists
- Medical Oncologists
- Radiation Oncologists
- Surgeons
- Primary Care Providers (Internists, Family practitioners, NP, PA)
- Oncology Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Basic Science Researchers
- Other healthcare professionals involved in the management of cancer patients.
The Summit on National and Global Cancer Health Disparities: This first annual summit will be held April 28 and 29, 2018, in Seattle, Wash. The summit is designed to facilitate conversation and debate on cancer health disparities in America and around the world. The summit will welcome healthcare providers and executives, industry representatives, nonprofit organizations, patient advocacy groups, and other interested parties. One of the highlights of the summit will be two presidential style debates discussing the causes and possible solutions to cancer care disparities. The debates will include professionals from different facets of healthcare, including doctors, industry executives and lawmakers. Each debate will be hosted by a local media member. The goal of the summit is to build momentum toward finding solutions to disparities in cancer care.
Northwest Cancer Summit: BTF hosts periodic free public meetings in Northwest Washington designed to educate cancer patients. The summits, called Northwest Cancer Summit: Empowering Patients and Demystifying Cancer, facilitate discussion among cancer patients, their family members, caregivers, healthcare professionals and other experts to help. Summits are held periodically within Whatcom and Skagit Counties of Washington. Speakers and topics vary by event.
Northwest Cancer Climb: This annual fundraising events tasks participants with hiking to the top of Oyster Dome, a trail near Bellingham, Wash. Registered participants receive a free t-shirt and are also entered to win prizes upon reaches the summit. Proceeds benefit BTF's programs.
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Past projects
Medical Conferences: As part of expanding the horizon in hematology and medical oncology, BTF organizes annual medical conferences in different countries including the U.S. and Nepal. BTF organized two hematology conferences in the fall of 2013. Updates in Hematologic Malignancies was a multidisciplinary conference held in Lewiston, Idaho, targeting the needs of the healthcare providers involved in the care of cancer patients. The International Conference on Advances in Hematologic Malignancies was the first hematology conference organized in Nepal. Famous Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala was the chief guest at the conference in Nepal.
Medical Research Grant: With the overview of exploring the medical sciences and evidence-based practice where financial barriers restrict them, BTF awarded grants for medical research in underdeveloped and developing nations including Nepal and India. The program started in 2008 and was awarded every year until 2015.
Cervical Cancer Screening: BTF partnered with Cancer Care Nepal to develop a screening program for low- and middle-income women ages 30 to 60 who live in the rural and suburban areas of Kathmandu and Lalitpur Districts, Nepal. The cervical cancer screening program was conducted over a six-month period starting in May 2014. More than 1,000 women were screened for cervical cancer.
BTF Telemedicine Project: Using wireless video consultation, experts from the U.S. volunteered in weekly telemedicine session with physicians in Manipal College of Medical Sciences in Pokhara, Nepal, between March 2010 and March 2012.
BTF Scholarship: The first project was launched March 31, 2007, when BTF distributed uniforms and stationeries to 33 underprivileged students of Yog Kumar Secondary School, Blaba- Sarpallo, Mahottari, Nepal. BTF scholarships were also provided to 44 school children in 2008, targeting the most vulnerable group likely to drop out early in their school years or those who otherwise would never attend school. The goal is to help students successfully complete high school and prepare them for a college degree.
BTF-UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago) Telelecture Series: The university and BTF conducted a specialty telemedicine review course in hematological malignancies to provide physicians from developing countries with information on recent advances in management.
Bone Marrow Transplant Center: The bone marrow transplant (BMT) program is a joint venture between BTF, UIC Center for Global Health, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, and the Civil Service Hospital. They have partnered in a project to develop the first Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant (BMT) Center in Nepal. BTF provided financial support for the training of two physicians and a nurse from Nepal at the UIC Medical Center Chicago for this project. BTF also supported the training of one physician in clinical genetics.
Funding
Funding is acquired through grants, sponsorships, and donations.
References
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