Today was our final day in Borgne, Haiti, which culminated in the successful establishment of The Phyllis Clinic, CureCervicalCancer’s 7th ongoing, fully sustainable See and Treat clinic! We had a busy clinic day and saw a record number of women from the community! We were deeply gratified to see the See and Treat stations completely run by...
A 55-year-old thin, petite woman entered the clinic today. She was obviously in pain, moving slowly, and begging for help. She stated that she had severe abdominal and pelvic pain, and had also been feeling feverish over the past few weeks. She mentioned that she had some vaginal spotting as well. We helped her carefully...
Our second clinic day at The Phyllis Clinic saw even more women coming to undergo See and Treat. One of the H.O.P.E. Haiti team members, Ben, who has been working with the hospital for 18 years, was key in getting the word out to the community that our services were available. He worked late into...
Today was the first day of the CureCervicalCancer: The Phyllis Clinic. With the help of Columbia University Millennium Cities Initiative, we were introduced to H.O.P.E. (Haiti Outreach/Pwoje Espwa) and its visionary director, Dr. Rose-Marie Chierici, as well as the wonderful staff of the Borgne Community Hospital. Dr. Thony Voltair, Dr. Alain, and the hospital’s nurse,...
This afternoon, CCC successfully established our second permanent, sustainable cervical cancer “See and Treat” clinic on this project (and in Ethiopia!) in Wukra, Ethiopia. The Cure Cervical Cancer: The Mary Clinic was met by an outpouring of grateful women who flocked to the clinic in order to be screened and treated for premalignant cervical lesions...
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...
Today was the official dedication of the Cure Cervical Cancer: Mela Kent Clinic within the AMS Engos Clinic, donated by her grandsons. It was a wonderful occasion where many grateful Maasai women were screened and treated for precancerous cervical lesions. With full confidence that Dr. Mike and nurses Francis and Beryl were fully trained in...
The names and other identifying information about these patients have been altered to protect their privacy. Grace Kipas is a clerical staff member at the African Mission Services clinic in the area of Transmara. CCC was proud to have Grace as our first patient, to examine her, and to treat her with cryotherapy to prevent...
CCC’s first day in the Maasai Mara brought the excitement of establishing the Mela Kent Cure Cervical Cancer Clinic donated by her grandsons. The CCC’s clinic is part of a larger clinic built by African Mission Services. In the morning we took on the huge task of unpacking all the equipment we brought with us....
CCC was astounded to find that we had an exhilarating first day in Nairobi visiting the Langata Women’s Clinic located within the prison. We learned that many of the 600 to 700 women were either waiting trial or had committed minor crimes but had no other choice but to serve their sentences at Langata. We...
