December 3, 2018 Welcome to Vietnam! After many hours of travel, the CureCervicalCancer team has landed at our first stop in Quang Ninh province. On the first day of our trip, we visited two clinics, the Quang Ninh Center for Reproductive Health and the Cam Pha Clinic. At Quang Ninh Center for Reproductive Health, the...
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“Train the Trainer”
If you have followed the field notes of CureCervicalCancer, you know that we strive to achieve long term impact in the communities which our clinic sites serve. The goal of our high-intensity, high-volume “See & Treat” trainings is not solely to train those select healthcare professionals who are in attendance, but rather to “Train the...
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Training Commences on the Island of Ukerewe
This is the beginning of a very successful trip! It’s only the first day, yet we’ve already made a significant impact in the lives of many women here in Ukerewe. Wasting no time, we began the day by meeting our nine new Global Trainees. We learned that all but one trainee are native to Ukerewe....
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Chào Bạn from Dong Trieu
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...
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CureCervicalCancer Invited Back to Rural China
Just around the corner on November 12th, Dr. Patricia Gordon and the CCC team will return to rural China to educate local healthcare professionals in a four-stop mission. This mission will train healthcare professionals in the art of the “See and Treat” method. This method will be implemented in hospitals all across China in order...
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CCC's First-ever Screening Day in Tanzania
Day 2 in Tanzania took us to Buzuruga Medical Center, just outside of the bustling town of Mwanza. This medical center already has a successful mother/baby wellness clinic, but cervical cancer screening is a vital part of women’s healthcare that was lacking. We are thankful to our new partners from UC Irvine for recognizing the...
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Graduation Day for our Newest Team Members
Today (Friday) is our last clinic day of our 2016 Guatemala Program, and it has been such an honor to work with the amazing WINGS and ACPC teams this past week! This morning, the CCC team held a graduation ceremony for our five newly-certified “See and Treat” trainees at WINGS. Their performance this week was...
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A Greater Cause by Dr. Valentina Rodriguez (OBGYN)
I heard about Cure Cervical Cancer 3 years ago, when my close friend Dr. Erica Oberman signed up to attend a mission in Guatemala. She came back with stories of beautiful women in their traditional clothing who would come from miles away to be seen and treated, and of kind nurses who would work in...
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Vital Questions by Dr. Erica Oberman (OBGYN): Day 4 in Guatemala
As a doctor I often wonder what exactly my patients hear when I give them an unexpected diagnosis. Did they understand what is going on? Were they comfortable enough to ask me questions? Are they okay with their plan of care? As you can imagine, when I participate in a medical mission, in a foreign...
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Day 3 in Guatemala: Getting Creative
Day Three of our 2016 Guatemala program was another success! The team split into two again: the WINGS clinic was organized in San Juan Chalmeco, while ACPC’s clinic was held in San Pedro Carcha. Over 200 women were screened/treated with an overall positivity rate of 8%! The team accompanying WINGS and the five new trainees...