Organisations that we have formal / informal relationships with:
SABMR – South African Bone Marrow Registry
SANBS – South African National Blood Service
NHLS – National Health Laboratory Service
PATHCARE and AMPATH
PHANGO – Patients Health Alliance Of NGO’s
ACS & LAF – American Cancer Society And Lance Armstrong Foundation
SABMR – South African Bone Marrow Registry
We work closely with The South African Bone Marrow Registry which is the HUB centre for Africa and is responsible for processing requests for haematopoietic stem cells (HSC) from unrelated donors emanating locally and from abroad.
The initiative to establish the South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR) was taken by Professor Ernette du Toit and Professor Peter Jacobs in 1991. The SABMR is now accepted as a full participant in the world-wide programme, having provided donors to local patients as well as international patients.
In addition to routine blood donor clinics scheduled by The South African National Blood Service (SANBS), there are a number of special services of which you can participate in special bleeding programmes aimed at addressing specific needs.
These include:
The Blood Service and Bone Marrow Donation: In some centres SANBS collects peripheral blood stem cells from donors identified through the SABMR, in addition to testing and registering potential bone marrow donors.
NHLS and SANBS do all the analyzing and testing of all our blood samples and we pay them for this service.
The SANBS also act as donor collection points for us throughout KZN, Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and North West Province.
Pathcare And Ampath
In the Western Cape, PathCare assists us with donor collection points in the Western and Eastern Cape and this is done as a pro bono service. We also work closely with WPBTS in Western Cape.
PHANGO – Patients Health Alliance Of NGO’s
The Sunflower Fund are members of this Alliance
ACS & LAF – American Cancer Society And Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Sunflower Fund was involved in the ACS Cancer information and Advocacy Initiative Collaboration Workshop in July 2009, where various organizations shared thoughts, experiences and ideas about cancer and cancer control in South Africa. The Africa Cancer Information and Advocacy Initiative’s overall objective is around increased awareness and advocacy through research or pilot data and media or legislative campaigns. The patient empowerment initiative is an activity within the Africa Cancer Information and Advocacy Initiative and follows a model developed by UICC (International Union against Cancer) and member/partner organizations, ACS (American Cancer Society) & LAF (Lance Armstrong Foundation).
Once plans have been finalized and formally announced by ACS, The Sunflower Fund will be involved in collaborating with other Cancer organizations in SA and play an important role in helping to try to break down the social stigma associated with cancer, highlighting social and economic issues and revealing cultural differences that may need to be actively addressed.
We support and refer to other organizations such as Organ Donor Foundation, CHOC, CANSA.
The Sunflower Fund was involved in the ACS Cancer information and Advocacy Initiative Collaboration Workshop in July 2009, where various organizations shared thoughts, experiences and ideas about cancer and cancer control in South Africa. The Africa Cancer Information and Advocacy Initiative’s overall objective is around increased awareness and advocacy through research or pilot data and media or legislative campaigns. The patient empowerment initiative is an activity within the Africa Cancer Information and Advocacy Initiative and follows a model developed by UICC (International Union against Cancer) and member/partner organizations, ACS (American Cancer Society) & LAF (Lance Armstrong Foundation).
