Month: January 2012

Call to Ana Mato ensure the response to the AIDS in Spain.

Call on Ana Mato ensure the response to AIDS in Spain.

Las ONG of AIDS before the change of Government in Spain.

– more than 300 Spanish organizations unite to ask Health Minister his Government’s commitment to ensure the response to HIV in the coming years

– requested sustained financial commitment and political leadership in the long run by ensuring the existence, continuity and sustainability of the Secretary of the National Plan on HIV/AIDS (SPNS)

Spain, January 2012.- what happen if the new Government to slash or nullify its economic engagement with the national AIDS response? or no longer have political will to lead responsibilities acquired by the Spanish Government at the international level? The Spanish AIDS organizations have clear response: would risk obtained advances during three decades in areas such as prevention, early detection of new cases and care to people living with HIV still faced daily discrimination by the stigma associated with their illness.

Thus manifest it hundreds of organizations and Spanish institutions in a letter to Ana Mato Adrover, Minister of health, social services and equality which require economic sustained commitment by the Government and political leadership through the existence of the Secretary of the National Plan on AIDS (SPNS) that, according to leaked press in recent days, “ seems to ” that is not already included in the new scheme of the Ministry of health.

Udiárraga García, President of the State Coordinating Committee of VIH-sida (CESIDA), warns that a lead agency in the national response to HIV as the SPNS and the consequent development of a new Mutisectoral Plan that describes clearly the guidelines to follow during the next few years is necessary. Furthermore argues that the development of the plan “ is a commitment made by our country in the recent meeting of UNGASS in New York during the month of June of last year ”.

For its part, Julio Gómez Caballero, President of the community network on HIV/AIDS in the State Spanish (REDVIH) says that currently, thanks to biomedical developments, political and civic organizations, among other public and private actors, has made progress in response to the HIV epidemic. However – States – still remain many challenges in the clinical approach, care, prevention of new cases and there is a pending issue: every day are violated the rights of people with HIV. “ We are at a crucial moment which is why we ask the Minister and his team continue betting to eradicate the pandemic and the discrimination against people living with HIV through respect for fundamental rights ”, emphasizes Julio Gómez.

It also calls in the letter that the Spanish Government complies with international and European agreements to eradicate HIV pandemic, respond, and improve the quality of life of people with HIV. “ Spain has engaged for years in the global response to HIV and must comply with because the lives of millions of people is at stake ” says Toni Poveda, President of the Federación Estatal de lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual (FELGTB). “ Commitment to redouble our efforts and meet the financing needs for HIV through national and international economic responsibility. If aim is to intensify the efforts aimed at the prevention and control of HIV, would not be very logical that, taking as an argument the economic crisis, occurred cuts – national, regional or local-for the prevention, control and approach of HIV ” says Poveda.

Organizations applying for social dialogue, shared leadership and the recognition of the added value of civil organisations, as well as a meeting with the Minister in coming days. “ Consider that before the response to el HIV not must exist decisions unilateral from el Government, because is has demonstrated that the participation active of the society civil, NGO and activists, his experience, commitment, trajectory, capacity of response and participation in el design, execution and evaluation of those projects., they have allowed progress that could not be without its participation ”, finds Ana Pastor, President of FUNSIDA.

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Dementia, one of the major concerns of the Spaniards to maturity.

Dementia, a major concern of Spaniards against the maturity.

II study international Bupa Health press 2011.

-six out of ten people would be willing to live in a residence to maintain its independence and to have the best care

– for 37% of Spaniards, live in these centres advances dependence more slowly

-only 18% of Spaniards surveyed had begun to save for old age

Madrid, January 2012.- the main concerns of the Spanish ageing are diseases such as dementia (30%) and cancer (53%). Our country reflects the higher figures on the international scene in fear of dementia, surpassing by far to United Kingdom (24%) and nearly tripling the rate of United States (13%). These are some of the main conclusions of the II study international Bupa Health Pulse 2011, done by Bupa, the parent company of Sanitas and in which participated more than 13,000 people in 12 different countries.

Dementia is also one of the main reasons for admission to care for the elderly centres and affects a large proportion of residents (46%). In our country, more than 800,000 people suffer from some type of dementia and, due to population ageing and the lack of treatments to halt its evolution, it is expected that this figure should be increased in the coming years.

For this reason, Sanitas Residencial launched a programme of care for people with dementia. As noted by Dr. Daniel Valley, head of healthcare management of Sanitas Residencial, “ the more we come to understand our residents as individuals and appreciate how dementia affects each one of them, the greater the probability of decrease effects causing them the disease. The quality of care for people with dementia not obtained exclusively with medical advances, but that is essential to bear in mind the needs of those who suffer today, and try to improve your day to day. ”

six of every ten Spaniards would live in a residence

in order to access the best care and maintain their independence63% of respondents would be willing to live in a residence where time to receive the best care professional if you need it. The Spaniards are in residential facilities a choice that allows maintaining a lifestyle active (49%).

Asked what reasons would lead to live in a residential centre, 71% said not to be a family burden.
Only 2% of respondents already have chosen a member of his family so care you in the future, while one percent has already chosen a specific Centre for the care of their health or services to home.

In addition, social changes and their impact on the lifestyle lead that increasingly elderly opt for a residential centre to live and be taken care of. For 37% of Spaniards living in these centres advances dependence more slowly.

Caring for a dependent person requires time and attention. According to the Bupa international study II, 84% of Spaniards considered that dependents will need professional care at some point. To ensure the access of dependents to care services, public and private cooperation is essential as it expresses 88% of respondents.

Financial planning

With concern for diseases, most of the respondents has not decided yet how will finance this phase of his life. About one third of them, says that it it will be when the time comes. Almost another third (24%), yes provides plan it some time before, although it has not done so yet.

Spain (31%) and Saudi Arabia (35%) are the countries with highest percentage of people who claim that they have yet taken any measures to prepare for the old-age and ensures that “ will face the problem when you get ’.

(Ii) study international Bupa Health Pulse 2011 also concluded that seven of every ten Spaniards say they will face this stage with their own funds, whether savings and investments (36%) or amounts saved directly for this purpose (35%). 8% Admitted that it would even sell his house to finance their old age.

Data sheet

For the preparation of this second study of Bupa Health Pulse 2011 has been a total of 13.373 interviews online in 12 countries (United Kingdom, Spain, Australia, Mexico, India, EE)UU. (Brazil, China, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Hong Kong). The questionnaires were answered between April 22 and May 23. In Spain 1,048 persons were interviewed and quotas have been established to make the sample representative at the national level by sex, age and region.

Group Sanitas

The Sanitas group, specializing in health and health care partner, includes companies: Sanitas insurance, Sanitas hospitals, Sanitas Residencial and Sanitas new business. You sanitas insurance is the leading company with regard to private customers of insurance for medical care and health in Spain, with 1.98 million members. In 2010, its turnover was EUR 1.449,5 million.

You sanitas hospital manages four hospitals and 17 medical centers multiespecialidad.

You sanitas Residencial is one of major attention to Spain largest companies, he has 41 residences throughout the country and has more than 5,000 residential spaces.

You sanitas new business includes dental business through a range of 63 centres dental Milenum in all Spain, and a wide range of complementary health services in their welfare centres.

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Ignacio GARCIA Cano joined group milk Pascual as CEO CEO.

Ignacio GARCIA-Cano joined group milk Pascual as CEO Director General Executive.

– with extensive experience in consumer goods companies, Garcia-Cano will manage the operations of the food company

-Tomás Pascual Gomez-Cuétara, CEO of the business corporation Pascual and Chairman of group milk Pascual, will boost the development of strategic and international

Madrid, January 2012- Ignacio GARCIA-Cano SalgadoMadrid 51-year-old civil engineer, has been appointed CEO Director General Executive of group milk Pascual to assume the operations of the food company management: the supply chain, the commercial function in its entirety, marketing, human relations, control over the management of the business and information and communications technologies.

Ignacio GARCIA-Cano joined milk Pascual after thirteen years at Johnson & Johnson consumer, serving as President and CEO of Johnson & Johnson Spain and responsible Chief for southern Europe. Previously he occupied diverse positions at Procter & Gamble for fifteen years. It emphasizes its broad international profile, with more than half of his professional career outside of Spain (USA, Brussels, Geneva and Lisbon).

At the head of all the family holding, Tomás Pascual Gomez-Cuétara, Managing Director of the Corporación Empresarial Pascual and Chairman of group milk Pascual, will boost the international development of the group, consolidating its leadership, its strategic positioning and the growth of the rest of business of the Corporation.

With the addition of Ignacio GARCIA-Cano, group milk Pascual concludes a foundational leadership transitions to a management model of participation and team, maintaining the essence of the business plan which identifies: vision, mission and values.

Group milk Pascual

Group milk Pascual, hundred percent family, leading the company’s quality and innovation in food, began his career in 1969 and has already with a range of more than 200 products, 7 plants, 20 delegations and 2,500 employees. Its main activity is the preparation and packaging of milk, yogurt and other dairy products, juices, mineral water, beverages and other products based on soy, ultra-pasteurizado liquid egg and tortillas.

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Aspaym Madrid offers “Innovative techniques in rehabilitation home” for people with spinal cord injury.

Aspaym Madrid offers “ innovative techniques in rehabilitation home ” for people with injury Medullary.

with the collaboration of Obra Social Caja Madrid.

Madrid, January 2012.- Aspaym-Madrid (Association of paraplegics and great physical disabled in Madrid), in collaboration with Obra Social Caja Madrid, has launched a program with “ innovative techniques in rehabilitation home ” for people with spinal cord injury.

The objective is to offer to the group the possibility of receiving maintenance comprehensive rehabilitation treatment in their homes, according to some criteria to justify the attention, not to go to the resources available at Community level to the people with spinal cord injury.

Thus, they will incorporate practices that break the standards of conventional treatments carried out so far. In addition, they will use a novel platform of remote Multimedia services with therapeutic application, focusing on the field of physical rehabilitation.

This will have a multidisciplinary team specialist in the field. People candidates they apply criteria of inclusion and exclusion in the programme, which will begin in the middle of this month and runs until May. The number of beneficiaries will be from 6 to 8 people.

Obra Social Caja Madrid launches 222 partner-assistance projects throughout the country of Spain which will benefit more than 1.076.000 people, through calls for proposals Caja Madrid Social Action 2011 program. The Caja Madrid social action calls are intended to contribute to the creation and promotion of employment, social integration, the fight against poverty, the promotion of autonomy and the attention to the unit. Since 2005, Obra Social Caja Madrid has invested through calls for aid to social projects, about 170 million Euros that have helped improve the lives of 5 million people.

Aspaym-Madrid is the entity that represents people with spinal cord injury, in defence of their rights and needs at all levels in society. Born in 1991 as a partnership with its own legal personality and territorial scope in the community of Madrid. Its objective is to achieve full social integration of persons with spinal cord injury, favoring its autonomy.

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USP San Camilo joins the campaign “Donate your mobile”.

USP San Camilo joins the campaign “Donate your mobile phone”.

Madrid, January 2012- the Hospital USP San Camilo in Madrid, Spanish Red Cross and the Entreculturas Foundation have reached a collaboration agreement in virtue of which the hospital is committed to join the campaign ‘ donate your mobile ’, through which workerspatients and their companions can deliver their mobile used at facilities so that the benefits obtained by reusing and recycling are intended for development projects and education among the most disadvantaged groups.

USP San Camilo will encourage this 2012 to the workforce, to admitted patients and those who attend external consultations, through a campaign of dissemination, to participate in this initiative which Entreculturas and Red Cross have launched at the end of the year a new edition.

The campaign ‘ donate your mobile ’, which was launched seven years ago, it has collected to date a total of 663.615 phones to collaborate with the care of the environment through reuse and recycling, as well as education and development projects.

funds collected through the campaign ‘ donate your mobile ’ are used to finance projects aiming at the schooling of children in Latin America and Africa and, in particular, to those affected by HIV

specifically, the funds raised are used to fund Entreculturas projects for the education of children in Latin America and Africa andin particular, to those affected by HIV, in response to children orphaned by the disease and organizing prevention and awareness campaigns to stop its expansion.

Red Cross, for its part, is central in awareness in environmental projects, allocating proceeds of phones obsolete mainly elderly, giving specific guidelines to promote healthy ageing, through the dedication of his time to environmental activities and participation.

Red Cross is a humanitarian institution of international and voluntary founded in 1864. It has among its purposes the defence of human rights, attention to individuals and groups more vulnerable and cooperation with the poorest countries on Earth.

Intercultures is a foundation linked to the Jesuits work bringing quality education to the most disadvantaged sectors. He understood that education is to provide opportunities and considers that it is an essential tool to achieve social justice in the countries of the South.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Madrid, USP hospital is the first hospital private group in the Spanish market. USP hospital now boasts a network of 12 hospitals and 23 health centres which assist 4,000 doctors that attend each year more than two million patients.

Those interested can obtain more information on the web www.donatumovil.org or by calling toll-free: 900220044.

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Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips

Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips