Protecting the heart during childhood contributes to longevity
Protecting the heart during childhood contributes to longevity
30/04/2024
Understand the difference between congenital and acquired heart diseases for health care.
On Cardiologist Day, on August 14, the medical director of Pro Criança Cardiac, cardiologist and pediatrician Dr. Isabela Rangel, warns that cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in the world. In Brazil, it is currently responsible for more than 243 thousand deaths, according to the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC). “To achieve longevity, protecting the heart even in childhood is essential. Several scientific studies demonstrate that having a healthy lifestyle from an early age, preserving physical and mental well-being, makes all the difference,” she says.
Heart defects can be congenital or acquired. Congenital are anomalies in the structure and/or function of the heart that occur during fetal life. Its incidence is approximately one for every 100 live births. The diagnosis can be made while the child is still in the mother’s womb. With fetal echocardiography, for example, it is possible to identify structural lesions before birth and, in general, it should be performed between the 24th and 28th weeks of gestation. “These are the most common malformations at birth. They do not have a defined cause and occur through the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Early diagnosis, advances in surgical and hemodynamic techniques, as well as regular monitoring by a multidisciplinary team enable greater survival and an improvement in the quality of life of these patients”, explains Dr. Isabela.
The work carried out at Pro Criança Cardiac provides the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of children with congenital heart defects, in addition to providing the necessary support to the family. The non-profit Social Project founded in 1996 by cardiologist Dr. Rosa Celia has already served more than 15,300 children and adolescents with cardiac needs, carried out more than 37 thousand cardiological consultations, 1,700 invasive procedures (heart surgeries and catheterizations – diagnostic and therapeutic), in addition to integrated assistance actions.
Acquired cardiovascular diseases are those that occur throughout life. The risk factors are varied: from family history/genetic background and extrinsic factors such as a sedentary lifestyle, stress, disordered eating, bad habits (such as smoking and alcohol consumption and inadequate sleep). “And when we talk about the main complications for cardiovascular health, obesity, hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia are at the top of the list”, she concludes.
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Standard in the corporate world and increasingly necessary in the third sector, guidelines that govern internal and external relations with Pro Criança were developed in partnership with the renowned Ulhôa Canto Advogados Office.
Ethics, honesty, integrity, reliability, respect, transparency and coherence have always been very dear values for society as a whole, essential for the unblemished reputation of companies and, in recent decades, also for the Third Sector in the country, which is growing in leaps and bounds. wide. According to the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea), there are more than 820,000 Civil Society Organizations active in Brazil.
One of them is Pro Criança Cardiac, which launches its Code of Ethics and Conduct on February 19th, next Wednesday, at a closed event. After the launch, there will be training aimed at the institution’s employees, suppliers and service providers in the auditorium of the Botafogo Medical Center (Rua Dona Mariana, 143). The opening will be given by Mitzy Cremona Conde, lawyer and Executive Director of Pro Criança Cardiac, and the training will be conducted by the Institution’s volunteer lawyer, Fernanda Freitas, partner at the Ulhôa Canto Advogados Office, a partner of Pro Criança for 11 years.
“Pro Criança Cardiac’s mission is to offer the best in medicine for children, with care guided by rigorous standards of quality and professional ethics. We also want to be pioneers in excellence in the implementation, training and compliance with compliance standards and guidelines, thus becoming a reference in the Third Sector”, highlights Dr. Rosa Celia Pimentel Barbosa, founder and president of the institution.
Pro Criança Cardiac’s Code of Ethics and Conduct was prepared by lawyers Mitzy Cremona Conde and Fernanda Freitas and is governed by the following fundamental principles: Strict compliance with the law, Respect for work and workers, Environmental responsibility and Rejection of corruption.
The guidelines contained therein must be observed by the institution and all its collaborators – employees and third parties acting on behalf of Pro Criança. The Code will be widely disseminated among associates, directors, advisors, administrators, doctors, partners, donors, employees, volunteers, service providers, suppliers, representatives, contractors, donors, sponsors and third parties in general who, in some way, collaborate to the development of the organization.
“It is an important step to enable and preserve our mission, vision and values, guiding and serving as a reference to all employees for professional and personal performance that encompasses the highest ethical standards, honesty and integrity”, adds Dr. Rosa Celia.
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Founder and president of Pro Criança is among the 50 authors of “The post-pandemic world”
30/04/2024
The founder of Pro Criança Cardiac, Dr. Rosa Celia, is among the 50 authors of the book The Post-Pandemia World, which has just been released by Nova Fronteira and was organized by lawyer José Roberto de Castro Neves. Personalities that are references in their fields participated in the work, such as actress Fernanda Torres, journalist and presenter Pedro Bial and businessman Roberto Medina. Copyright will be fully transferred to Pro Criança Cardiac.
The Post-Pandemic World brings reflections on the before and after Covid-19 as a determining episode in this century and debates the consequences of recent political, health and economic actions. What should we expect for our future and the future of the next generations? A drastic transformation in everything human? Or just the return of the world as it always was?
In the book, personalities give their opinion on the main spheres of human action, taking into account each of their complexities and dilemmas: cardiologist Rosa Célia wrote about the importance of social projects and the interface of hers, Pro Criança Cardiac, with the own life story. The importance of the third sector, reinforced in times of pandemic, is also in Dr. Rosa’s text, who hopes that, from everything that is being experienced, there will be some learning for the future.
Among her considerations is also the role of medical institutions beyond caring for patients infected by the coronavirus. For her, part of worrying about those who are at home and suffering the effects of isolation, who are without basic goods, without housing, for example.
Dr. Rosa believes that the pandemic brought about the mobilization of people and institutions, making everyone more generous, whether in the form of partnerships or individually. She saw this happen up close at Pro Criança and the number of donations increased, despite the difficulties.
“I have great hope that these changes in trajectory will remain, so that more and more people will benefit”, wrote Dr. Rosa, and also brought to reflection the words of businessman Joey Reiman, which, for her, should be valid for life : “Fierce competition is not sustainable. Compassion is. In the decades to come, companies will focus on the business of life and work for the biggest customer of all: humanity.”
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CERTIFICATION STRENGTHENS THE PROJECT’S CREDIBILITY WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
Pro Criança Cardiac was approved in the audit process of the 2020-23 Donate Criteria Seal, with 49 points out of a possible 52, and qualified with the A+ Seal.
The Doar Management and Transparency Seal Certificate, achieved by Pro Criança this July, is from Instituto Doar and means that the institution becomes part of a group that has also achieved the quality standard defined by the Institute.
The objective of Instituto Doar is to guarantee standards that help donors, financiers and supporters make decisions. For Pro, it is another supporter of the network that takes care of needy children with heart disease.
Among the institutions that acquired the Seal are ABRACESOLIDÁRIO, Brazil Foundation, Hospital Pequeno Príncipe, Instituto Guga Kuerten, Lar Menino Deus, Pró-Saber SP, as well as others that are references in their areas: Education, Health, Sports, among others.
The seal is based on the main international certification models for civil society organizations in relation to codes of conduct that adopt and judge as standards the excellence of strategy, governance, communication, financing strategy, accountability and other aspects.
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In addition to the Seal, the Best NGOs, PQGT, Transparent NGO and Most Liked Ranking certifications are part of the Institute, from the international organization Instituto Donar. In Brazil, they began their work in 2012 at the NGO Brasil event, when they had the opportunity to mobilize the more than 500 organizations that were present at the event.