Driving through the gates of the Hospital compound in Borgne was like coming home. Familiar faces came out to the courtyard to greet us, quickly followed by hugs. Dr Thony Voltaire (Medical Director for the hospital), and Miss Adeline Beliard (nurse in charge of the cervical cancer prevention program) was there to welcome us and...
Today marked the last clinic visit for our Haiti revisit and re-education program. CCC intern Leila Hariri and our wonderful ground partner Nurse Marie Ann Durosier had a wonderful experience at Dr. Jean Pierre Romel’s medical clinic, Centre de Reflection et d’Action Sur Les Problems Socialize (CRAPS) in Limonade. Dr. Romel and Nurse Cassandra Guerine...
Day four of our revisit and resupply Haiti program was another true success. The team split into three groups again in order to visit our see and treat centers at the Hosptial of the Baptist Convention of Haiti and Mont Organise, while Dr. Jennifer Lang attended a meeting with the Director of Health for the...
Today marked yet another packed schedule for the CCC team. In addition to a meeting with the director of health at the Northeast Department of Haiti, we also visited two of our previously establsihed clinic–one located in Trou-du-Nord and the other in Fort Liberte. Despite some challenges, our team maintained a positive and constructive attitude...
Day two in CCC’s “revisit & resupply” trip to Haiti was yet another success! The team split into three groups to visit and meet with health officials and clinics. Dr. Jennifer Lang and our ground partner, Nurse Marie-Anne Durosier, headed to Port-au-Prince to meet with Dr. Grand-Pierre, while Caitlin, Ellen, and our amazing photographer, Cathryn...
Team A Only 6 months after establishing the “ambitious 11” clinics in the north and northeast departments of Haiti, the CureCervicalCancer Team is back to reeducate and resupply. Due to the large number of sites and long distances to be traveled, we split into two teams and began this project. Team A led by Dr....
From day one, the CureCervicalCancer team could already tell we were going to be leaving behind these two “clinics in a suitcase” in good hands. As soon as the clinic doors opened shortly after our training lecture, all 15 trainees quickly familiarized themselves with the new equipment and mobilized the hundreds of patients in an...
Authored by: David Bruss The scene inside the Mong Cai Women’s Health Clinic is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Thirty people are jammed pack inside two small exam rooms, with about a dozen nurses and staff helping orchestrate a grand production. There are five exam tables and multiple patients lined up at each station...
So begins the long journey home. From Nairobi to Istanbul, then back to Los Angeles, the reverse of a journey that began 15 days ago. Same group of people, same food, the same airline movies and even the same clothing. But we are different. We are changed. We just spent 2 weeks in Kenya working...
Past the crowded round-a-bout just off the main road of Githurai Mwohoko, the team arrives at the blue painted gate of Lang’ata Githurai Health Center. For our last two days, we will be screening/treating women in and around this town. Despite the heavy rainfall last night that continued into the early morning hours, the CCC team...
