April 25, 2014 marks a major milestone for CCC and the women of Kisumu County! The mortality rate for cervical cancer is equivalent to that of maternal mortality in this area of western Kenya. Since cervical cancer is nearly 100% preventable if a woman is screened and then treated with cryotherapy, it is life-saving. This...
For the past week here in Kisumu, Kenya, CureCervicalCancer has trained well over a dozen healthcare professionals in the cervical cancer “Single Approach” screening and treatment procedure. Three of these wonderful nurses are from the Gita community clinic, approximately 30 minutes from the city of Kisumu and Jaramogi Hospital. Denis Odero RN (chief nurse), along with...
After an intensive and productive week long theoretical and practical training session in Kisumu, Kenya, 3 of the 12 highly skilled nurses returned to their community hospital in Migosi. The CCC team established in Migosi the sustainable Shelton-Rogers clinic. This CCC/Shelton-Rogers Clinic will be the first of its kind for the women in the suburb...
CureCervicalCancer has successfully trained local healthcare professionals at the main hospital in Kisumu in the “See and Treat ” procedure to screen for cervical cancer and treat precancerous lesions. While this training is a week-long process, the dedication ceremony for the Jill Rotman Clinic took place today on April 23, 2014. CCC Board Member Judy Laner...
My name is Robert Oppel, and I am the photojournalist for the CureCervicalCancer Kenya 2014 Project. My day job, however, is working with Dr. Patricia Gordon at a cancer center in Los Angeles. I had expressed an interest in CCC when I witnessed Dr. Gordon’s genuine compassion towards a patient who is a dear friend of...
Today was the CCC Team’s first day of training the local healthcare professionals (over 35 people in attendance)in the “See and Treat” procedure at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) in Kisumu, Kenya. The day began with an informational presentation on the theoretical aspects of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and cryotherapy...
After nearly one year of preparations, the day finally arrived on April 20th, 2014. In Nairobi, Kenya, CureCervicalCancer’s team members from around the United States joined to help stop the epidemic of cervical cancer in developing countries. Our mission is a big one! On this two-week journey, we intend to establish five sustainable CureCervicalCancer clinics...
The Kisumu Project is one that has taken extraordinary planning. CureCervicalCancer has worked very hard over many months to make sure that no detail was overlooked in preparation for four fully-functioning and sustainable cervical cancer screening and treatment clinics. As the only gynecologist on this trip, I anticipated focusing on the teaching aspect of screening...
With less than four weeks until our extensive Kenya project during which CCC will establish 5 more permanent, sustainable cervical cancer “See and Treat” clinics, the CCC Team is extremely busy packing up all the equipment needed for these clinics. An assembly line of suitcases, boxes, and supplies takes up the entire garage of Dr....
The names and other identifying information about these patients have been altered to protect their privacy. CCC has been experiencing extraordinarily high percentages of women who are testing positive for pre-cervical cancer. With rates as high as 50%, we became increasingly curious about the lives of the Maasai women. The lives of the Maasai women...
