Author: The CCC Team

Ethiopia Program Review- Photojournalist Donna Stellini's Perspective
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Ethiopia Program Review- Photojournalist Donna Stellini's Perspective

Hello, my name is Donna Stellini and I am a photojournalist. I am the prior owner of Stellini’s restaurant and have lived in Beverly Hills nearly all my life. The reason I came to Ethiopia with our volunteer team of doctors, nurses, and staff of CCC, as a photojournalist was to tell a story with...

CCC's Impact on Cervical Cancer- Dr. Mamta Singhvi's Perspective
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CCC's Impact on Cervical Cancer- Dr. Mamta Singhvi's Perspective

As an oncologist, cervical cancer has piqued my curiosity for a multitude of reasons. For starters, no one back home seems to pay much attention to it. While pink has become synonymous with breast cancer and the most successful advocacy movement to date, not many even realize that teal is the color commemorating thousands of...

THE   SUSTAINABLE   MODEL   WORKS!!!!!!!!! A Revisit to Our 1st Clinic
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THE SUSTAINABLE MODEL WORKS!!!!!!!!! A Revisit to Our 1st Clinic

Emotional seems to be the best word to describe today’s events. Dr. Gordon and I had the opportunity to fly to the very northern part of Ethiopia, a region called Tigray, where our very 1st CCC program was established. When we first arrived, a pleasant and unexpected surprise awaited us—Sara and Tsehay—the first CCC “see...

33% Positivity Rate- Volunteer Bradley Neutel's Perspective
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33% Positivity Rate- Volunteer Bradley Neutel's Perspective

I leaned about the CCC program through my good friend Stephen. He told me about the many clinics CCC has set up around the world and the thousands of women these clinics have helped. To try and understand CCC’s work I showered him with questions, “How many patients did you treat?” “How many of those...

CCC Team Arrives in Ethiopia, Hits the Ground Running!
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CCC Team Arrives in Ethiopia, Hits the Ground Running!

The April 2015 Ethiopia program in Addis Ababa has finally begun! Team members included Patricia Gordon MD (Founding Director and Board Chair), Judy Carmel (Board Member), Lirona Katzir MD, Mamta Singhvi MD, Elsa Miramontes RN, DeeDee Dorskind (volunteer), Donna Stellini (photojournalist), Stephen Morris (lead coordinator), Yvonne Nong (coordinator), and Bradley Neutel (volunteer). For the week...

The CCC Team is packed and set for Ethiopia in April 2015!
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The CCC Team is packed and set for Ethiopia in April 2015!

The CureCervicalCancer team (led by Dr. Patricia Gordon MD-Harvard/UCLA, Lirona Katzir MD-UCLA, and Mamta Singhvi MD-UCLA) is packed and set to return to Ethiopia in April 2015! We will establish four CCC “See and Treat” programs and train 24 local healthcare providers. Our trainees will become experts in the “See and Treat” procedure and learn...

CureCervicalCancer Vietnam Adds its Fourth and Fifth Clinic
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CureCervicalCancer Vietnam Adds its Fourth and Fifth Clinic

This week has been an extremely eventful and productive one for the CCC team in Quang Ninh, Vietnam, one of the largest and most isolated provinces in the country. In just this short period of time, we resupplied our existing three clinics including the Angel Clinic at the Quang Ninh Center for Reproductive Health Care,...

Day Three: A Return to Hoanh Bo and Cam Pha
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Day Three: A Return to Hoanh Bo and Cam Pha

After two days of training at the Quang Ninh Center for Reproductive Health, the CureCervicalCancer team split up to revisit, resupply, and recertify our clinic partners at the existing “See and Treat” centers in Hoanh Bo and Cam Pha. It is well-known, among our healthcare professionals, that there is an epidemic of cervical cancer in...