After four short days, our screening program on Ukerewe Island has drawn to a close. To celebrate the occasion, as well as the day’s highest patient volume of the week, we conducted a ceremonial graduation and a clinic dedication to the CureCervicalCancer Board of Directors. Having made a special announcement of CCC’s free screening services...
The CCC team, comprised of Program Director Rebecca and Program Coordinators Phorum and Alex, has arrived safely to Mwanza, Tanzania after nearly 35 hours of travel! It’s been one year since CureCervicalCancer was last here, when we held a week-long “See & Treat” training and launched two new Cervical Cancer Prevention Programs. We’ve returned to...
The smell of damp earth from the recent rains wafted through the windows of the tiny classroom, quickly shuffled to accommodate the projector and desks for eight trainees. A small space between desks accommodated a damp patch on the floor where the ceiling had been leaking. Three physicians and five nurses, here to learn VIA...
Goodnight Vietnam ft. Dr. Gordon and Ground Partner Vu When I got off the plane to start this trip I never expected this. This sense of belonging. This sense of greater purpose. This sense of connection that I now have with the world. Vietnam is an untouched wonder Where the light shines a bit brighter...
We entered the CureCervicalCancer clinic in Dong Trieu (the Jay and Fish Collie Clinic) to deafening sounds of “Hello” ringing all around the room. 50 local women who were waiting to be screened had learned this greeting to show us their gratitude for coming so far to meet them. The energy was infectious. My name...
Today the CCC team visited two more clinic sites in Quang Ninh province, “Dr. Jay Collie Fish Clinic” in Dong Trieu and “Diane Pekow-Rickles Clinic” in Uong Bi. Dong Trieu was extremely busy. We arrived to a waiting room filled with excited patients. As we entered the immaculate and well-organized screening rooms, the women crowded...
Today we visited Fishmouth Hospital, located just outside the gargantuan metropolis of the Chong Qing region. Fun Fact: Fishmouth Hospital derives its name from its geographical surroundings. The two major rivers that define the perimeters of Chong Qing create the shape of a fish. Many of the healthcare professionals at the hospital had already been...
Over the last two days, we have traveled between several cities to speak to various groups of Chinese doctors and hospital directors. It’s very important to the CCC team to take part in this educational conference series. We are introducing cryotherapy to China as a practical and effective treatment. We’ve noticed that the doctors working...
Kunming is called the city of eternal Spring. Some of the finest tea in the world grows in this region, and visitors come from all over the globe to taste it. Today it was CCC’s pleasure to participate in the 7th Annual China Maternal and Child Development Congress. Thousands of healthcare professionals gathered to learn...
I don’t often pause to reflect on how truly lucky I am. CureCervicalCancer has grown in just these few short years to reach 67 clinics in 7 countries. Today on our return visit to China, I was humbled to be reminded of the 45 doctors we’d previously trained about a year and a half ago....
