Hello! I’m Lauren, the new Program Coordinator for CCC. It’s only been a few short months since I’ve started but I’ve learned so much. Within two months of my start at CCC, we were off in Kisumu County, Kenya at my first training program to set up four new cervical cancer clinics with the CCC...
Last month, I spent a week in Kisumu in Western Kenya with a small group from CureCervicalCancer, helping teach cervical cancer screening and treatment to a group of about 30 medical professionals from surrounding hospitals and health centers. We taught them how to screen for and treat precancerous cervical lesions, as well as how to...
In May, CCC Program Director Rebecca visited Nairobi to meet with partners from LVCT, Beth Mugo Foundation, and Nairobi County Reproductive Health Team to plan for an upcoming “See & Treat” training this fall. The training will be held at Bahati Health Center which is located in one of the underserved subcounties of Nairobi County....
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...
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...
