CCC was honored by an invitation to speak at the National Ethiopian Cancer Conference in August, 2013. Because CCC’s Director, Dr. Patricia Gordon, could not attend, CCC was delighted to be represented by Dr. Samson Mulugeta of Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia, who was instrumental in setting up the CCC See and Treat Clinic...
Our friends at Ayder Hospital sent us the above photo of the sign they created for the dedicated See and Treat clinic for cervical cancer. The dedication “For Our Mothers and Sisters” is a permanent hallmark emblem that we have established an ongoing sustainable clinic for cervical cancer in Ethiopia. The clinic will screen and...
We arrived in Heathrow Airport, London to turn on our cell phones and discover what is perhaps the single most gratifying moment of our professional lives. Tsehay, One of the nurses trained by Cure Cervical Cancer and left in charge of continuing the clinic sent out an update on their statistics from Friday afternoon, after...
Our last morning clinic in Ayder Hospital found a surge in demand from patients eager to be screened for cervical dysphasia. There were roughly 150 women waiting in a small waiting room, and we were happy to offer all the women with small children to come to the front of the line and get their...
Our Ayder hospital clinic was becoming increasingly functional and self-sufficient so we decided to take one cryotherapy unit and a tank of CO2 and spend an afternoon at a small regional clinic in the town of Wukra. Jade Singer stayed at the Ayder Hospital clinic to supervise and help troubleshoot any issues that might arise....
It was a historic day for Cure Cervical Cancer. For the last three days we have trained numerous nurses, residents, and medical students in See and Treat for detection and treatment of pre-invasive cervical lesions. We are happy to report that Word-of-mouth has helped with the recruitment of women seeking our services. Each day the...
Our second day at Ayder Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia was filled with activity. A second group of residents, medical students and a new team of attending GYN doctors from the hospital joined us to learn VIA and See and Treat. The nurses and midwives continued to be essential members of the team and were performing...
Judy Laner (volunteer) with one of CCC’s cryotherapy nurses Tsehay, collecting patient identification such as name, phone contact, VIA status, and whether or not the patient received cryotherapy and if there were any complications. The purpose of this data collection is multi-fold, giving us the opportunity to analyze the percentage of patients who were positive...
A few of our team members in Ethiopia model the new t-shirt design. From left to right: Judy Laner (our ace data collector), Jennifer Lang, Patricia Gordon, and Jade Singer. Special thanks to Lindsey Gordon for the awesome design. We hope to offer these shirts to donors soon!
Drs. Jennifer Lang, Jade Singer, and I started the day lecturing to 30 medical students and OB residents. They followed us to the See and Treat room to learn the procedure with vinegar and cryotherapy. Within the first 2 hours we found 8 precancerous cervical lesions and the women were treated immediately. Off to a...
