I first found out about CCC when a dear colleague and friend of mine, Doris Pesina RN, went to set up a clinic to serve the Massai people in Kenya. This is my second trip with CCC and is so far very memorable. From the moment we all met at the airport, the various CCC...
Dr. (Patty) Gordon’s husband and my husband were friends before Patty and I met. When she told me about CCC, I immediately said,”I’m coming”. Several months later, I am here in Vietnam, ensconced with the CCC team. With Cyrus’ help (who speaks Vietnamese and is an excellent conversationist), I register the patients; after the screening,...
I, Cyrus Nguyen, am a rising pre-medical studies senior at Yale University and have known Dr. Gordon as a family friend for over a decade. For the past 2 days, complete immersion and commitment to service in under-sourced Vietnamese villages connected me with unimaginable aspects of my heritage. Each day, I see faces filled with...
Dr. Erica Oberman: As an assistant professor I have many opportunities to teach. It is the reason I took a job at an academic hospital and it is one of the reasons I enjoy my job on a daily basis. When given the opportunity to travel and teach some of my colleagues in Vietnam as...
The first day of training at the Quang Ninh Reproductive Health Center was a grand success. Healthcare professionals from Quang Ninh , Cam Pha and Hoanh Bo gathered for an instructional lecture followed by practical education in the “See and Treat” method. The trainees were full of enthusiasm, attentiveness, and good questions. On just this...
Sunday, May 25, 2014 was milestone day for CureCervicalCancer. Eleven CCC healthcare providers, including Dr. Gordon, Dr. Oregon UCLA GYN faculty, Dr. Oberman UCLA GYN faculty, Doris RN, Elsa RN, Rhia RN, Melanie, Cullen, Stephen, Cyrus, and Jackie, arrived in Hanoi and drove to Quang Ninh Province. We started the process of implementing the first...
With great honor on this day the second of May 2014 the CureCervicalCancer team warmly congratulated the five Langata women’s clinic nurses on their graduation. After four days of closely guided teaching we were proud to bestow certificates of completion for our rigorous “See and Treat” training program. Together, the CCC team and the eager...
Langata women’s clinic serves the female community of the Kibera slum and also the women prisoners. The clinic is located just beyond the confines of the largest slum in Africa, home to nearly a million people and it’s guarded entrance provides women of the community an easy and secure access to healthcare. Some women commit...
This blog is authored by Rosemary Kombo who is a full-time employee of International Medical Corps, Nairobi, Kenya. Just What We Need Most … Cure Cervical Cancer Women in Kenya like in many other developing countries, suffer from very high rates of cervical cancer due to lack of an adequate screening program to detect and...
The sustainable model that CureCervicalCancer is based on is the most efficient and effective way to bring needed screening and treatment for pre cervical cancer to women who would otherwise never have such life saving care. The process we go through to locate and set up clinics is also inspiringly carried out. I have been...
