Last week, CCC trained 21 health care professionals from Kisumu County in “See & Treat,” opened three new clinics, and revitalized four existing clinics. Today, in order to promote sustainability of our programs, the CureCervicalCancer team along with CCC Community Health Nurse Faith conducted site visits to a few of our clinic sites in the...
Today we completed our “See & Treat” training. Together with the newest Global Trainees and our facilitators (some who have been previous Global Trainees themselves) we screened 407 women. We referred 10 patients who were suspicious for cancer and treated 9 with cryotherapy. This “See & Treat” training program will launch the beginning of CCC’s...
By day 3 of the training, we screened over 300 women. During this time, our trainees have become extremely competent in VIA and cryotherapy with the help of facilitators and our medical volunteers.
The CCC/KMET partnership is off to a great start with 110 patients attending our first screening day and four patients treated with cryotherapy. We divided the 22 trainees into groups of three and four and paired them with a Kenyan Facilitator. Each of these Facilitators are crucial in teaching the trainees “See & Treat” as they...
Today was the first day of the CureCervicalCancer (CCC) and KMET “See & Treat” training program. In the morning, the CCC team was divided to provide lectures to both the Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) and the Global Trainees simultaneously. In this training, we have 22 global trainees and six facilitators, some of whom are past...
CureCervicalCancer is currently partnering with Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET) for a week-long training program in Kisumu, Kenya. This partnership will result in the establishment of three new “See & Treat” clinics and the revitalization of four existing CCC “See & Treat” clinics. The KMET partnership exemplifies our ground partner model which promotes...
CCC Program Director, Rebecca, visited Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya in February to meet with local ground partners and plan for upcoming “See & Treat” trainings. This May, CCC plans to return to Kisumu, Kenya to train 20 healthcare professionals and 15 community health volunteers and establish three new “See & Treat” clinic sites. Kisumu Medical...
Recently, CCC Program Director, Rebecca, visited Tanzania to perform site visits and plan for an upcoming “See & Treat” training. With support from the regional government in Kilimanjaro, we visited 5 health centers in Kilimanjaro region, meeting with local government officials, hospital administration, and healthcare providers. We plan to establish “See & Treat” clinics in...
Last Summer, my cousin Dr. Patricia Gordon was nominated for the distinguished alumni award at her old, and my local high school for her notable work founding the CCC. She delivered a beautiful, and inspiring speech at the graduation ceremony, and I listened in absolute awe of the aspiration and intent of the project. I...
