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...
It must be a curious sight for the Maasai women to see this sign (see the accompanying photo) about CCC cervical examinations amidst the rural backdrop of the Mara landscape. Thanks to the devoted work of Francis Aho of Africa Mission Services (AMS), Maasai women living in Mara settlements are being notified about CCC’s free...
When CCC takes on a project in a remote area like Engos, Kenya, we need to learn about the indigenous people who will constitute our patient population. The roughly 900,000 Maasai (who speak Maa as well as some Swahili and English) are pastoralists whose livelihood depends primarily on owning and herding cattle. History The Maasai...
The CCC team will depart on October 28 to Africa to establish two new sustainable, ongoing “See and Treat” clinics. This will be our busiest and most varied experience to date. We will be journeying between Kenya and Ethiopia — from urban commercial sectors to rural regional clinics — and simultaneously setting up new clinics...
The names and other identifying information about these patients have been altered to protect their privacy. This morning in Chisec, Guatemala, a lovely woman named Mayra entered the new Cure Cervical Cancer: Collie and Greg Daily Cinic. She came to be screened and possibly treated for premalignant cervical cancer. She knew HPV was very high...
On our fourth day of CCC clinic work, we drove an hour and a half through lush green forests and mountains north of Coban to the town of Chisec. This is the rural location where we established the Collie and Greg Daily Clinic in the town’s health center. This new clinic, generously donated by the...
The names and other identifying information about these patients have been altered to protect their privacy. Adelia is a beautiful Mayan woman who hesitates to smile because she is missing her two front teeth. When she arrived today in her orange blouse, her young daughter refused to leave her side as she entered the CCC...
Today we formally launched the Morris Hazan Clinic at Coban Hospital in the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala, which is generously supported by the Morris Hazan Family Foundation. It was a joy to hang our sign on the clinic door and to photograph and videotape speeches by the Founder and Director of Cure Cervical Cancer...
The names and other identifying information about these patients have been altered to protect their privacy. At the end of the day, we were able to interview several patients who had gone through cryotherapy treatment. Marcela commented that the treatment hurt a little bit, but felt fine afterwards. Marcela’s daughter Gloria is pictured in the...
CCC’s second clinic day in Coban, Guatemala happily exceeded our first day with double the number of patients to be examined for possible cervical cancer lesions (seen photo 1). Our support from the Ministry of Health has been excellent (see photo 2). We saw a number of women who had been identified with cervical dysplasia...
