Grants to beat childhood cancerCancer is the second most common cause of death among children under 15 years

To provide specific training spaces so that pediatricians have access to quality training in oncology and child hematology.

To improve, in the near future, the prognosis and survival of children with cancer.

Founded in 1989, the Fundació Enriqueta Villavecchia aims to provide comprehensive coverage of the needs of children and young people suffering from cancer.

The entity's project focuses on detecting and responding to the needs that arise in the different phases of childhood and young oncology disease, improving their environment and providing resources to help their families.

To this end, the Foundation has a training aid program, which consists of the granting of training fellowships in pediatric oncology and hematology. Through these grants and in strict coordination with the health care services, it is possible for doctors who want to dedicate themselves to these specialties, to be trained in medical teams of reference units of the Catalan hospitals.

• Access to a one-year fellowship, renewable for two years, with the aim of the same fellow doctor forming a year in Pediatric Oncology and one year in Pediatric Hematology.
• Possibility of additional specialized training in transplants.

With 12.500€, an annual scholarship can be paid for a pediatrician to be trained in oncology and child hematology.

Support program for training in pediatric oncology and hematology