One CureCervicalCancer Suitase can Save Thousands of Lives: A Clinic in a Suitcase

October 20, 2014June 13, 2017
in Kenya, Kenya - October 2014
One CureCervicalCancer Suitase can Save Thousands of Lives: A Clinic in a Suitcase
The CureCervicalCancer team of 7 arrived in Kisii, Kenya with 10 huge suitcases, each ready to stock and sustain an entire CureCervicalCancer clinic for years & years. For those of you at home wondering exactly what goes into each one of these suitcases, here it is: • 1 new Med/Gyn Cryotherapy Systems with case, crotherapy tips (3 tips in total), multiple adapters (USA, British, German, Chinese, French), washers, o-rings, carrying case • Cryotherapy tools (1 pair of scissors, 1 roll of masking tape, 3 magic markers, 1 roll of teflon tape, 1 pillbox) • 75 vaginal speculum (~25 per case, 3 cases) for re-use after high level disinfectant • 2 Welsh/Allyn light sources, 3 headlamps • 6 plastic trays • 300 long copets • 1000 6’’ cotton-tipped applicators • 50 packets of Azithromycin • 1 electric hot plate for boil sterilization of cryotherapy tips • 1 aluminum mess kit for boil sterilization of cryotherapy tips • 1 long handled spoons • VIA Pos/Neg Poster and Cardboard Tube • Box of push pins • 1000 condoms • 5 plastic spray (3-count) and regular (2-count) bottles for vinegar and high-level disinfectant • 5 boxes of gloves • 2 bottles of Hand Sanitizer • 2 Wrenches (2 sizes) • 1 roll of trash bags • 1 bottle of air freshener • 20 Surgical masks • 1 universal surge protector • 1 large suitcase • 1 pack of Ziploc bags • 1 pack of rubber cleaning gloves • 1 office clipboard • Towels for cleaning cryotherapy gun and examination beds • USB Flashdrive for PowerPoint lecture • Tongue Depressors • Name tags • Wet wipes • 1 Clinic Spreadsheet • Diplomas • Pens • Kitchen Timers • HIV Antiviral medication • Infrared Thermometer • Bug spray • Toothbrushes • CureCervicalCancer T-shirts for local healthcare providers
  • A CureCervicalCancer clinic sign in the donor’s name to be hung in perpetuity in the sustainable clinic.
Estimated Grand Total Per Suitcase: $5,000 USD. For $5,000, you can help supply an entirely sustainable CCC clinic, which will serve to screen and treat thousands of women for cervical cancer. Please consider buying a suitcase and donate here at: www.curecervicalcancer.org.