This past week CureCervicalCancer has trained 22 healthcare providers in comprehensive cervical cancer prevention through VIA and the treatment of precancerous lesions with thermal ablation. The training began on Monday with an informative session in the morning led by CCC clinical advisor Sharon Blosk. Dr. Blosk discussed the prevalence of cervical cancer in Kenya and...
CureCervicalCancer has returned to Nairobi, Kenya this September to train healthcare providers in “See and Treat” and bring thermal ablation to Nairobi. CCC will launch a new partnership with Women4Cancer, a Kenyan based non-profit organization. Women4Cancer focuses on community education as well as advocating for women’s health and early cancer screening. CCC will continue to...
CureCervicalCancer completed a successful weeklong “See and Treat” training program for 22 healthcare providers from 12 facilities in Kisumu County, Kenya. We began the week with didactics, where trainees were given a lecture by Dr. Sharon Blosk and Dr. Chemtai Mungo, who joined us from UCSF, on the pathophysiology of cervical cancer. We were joined...
Last week, CureCervicalCancer attended the first ever cervical cancer stakeholders’ forum in Kisumu County, Kenya. This event drew attendees from the public and private sectors including international and locally based nonprofits, officials from the public health system, and expert clinicians from the field. We discussed many challenges including the patient referral cascade, opportunities to optimize...
This week, CCC Program Director, Rebecca, returned to Kisumu, Kenya to prepare for the next phase of our “See & Treat” project. Since 2018, CCC has partnered with KMET (Kisumu Medical Education & Trust) to build sustainable “See & Treat” Clinics at 7 facilities throughout Kisumu County. The clinics have been a huge success –...
On Tuesday, we continued our site visits and met with our trainees at our clinics: Kodiaga Women’s Prison, The MacNaughton Clinic at Masaba Hospital, and The Jill Rotman Clinic at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH). On Wednesday, we conducted an in-reach at Ahero Medical Center with two...
This week, we will be revisiting our seven clinics in Kisumu, Kenya. Monday began with a meeting with the KMET Team, Kisumu County Officials, and our Champion Facilitators (who served as facilitators during our training in May 2018) to discuss our progress for the first quarter and set new goals for the upcoming quarter. Afterwards,...
On Friday, our last day of our training, we continued screening women from the community. Over the week, we screened 855 women, treating 29 women with precancerous lesions with cryotherapy. With special guests, we celebrated our trainees with a graduation ceremony. During our ceremony, CCC donated cryotherapy devices to LVCT Health and Beth Mugo Foundation...
Our “See & Treat” trainings always consist of 4 days of practicum training. Not only do the trainees gain confidence by learning hands-on, women from the community also have the opportunity to be screened and treated free of charge. Bahati Health Centre is kindly hosting our screening activities for the remainder of the week. The...
On the first day of our week-long training, we welcomed 24 Global Trainees and 5 Facilitators at the LVCT Health Office. Our Global Trainees were recruited from Nairobi County facilities, Beth Mugo Mobile Clinic, and LVCT Health. While our ground partners Beth Mugo Cancer Foundation and LVCT Health target different populations, they are both heavily...
