Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer (PINCC)
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Am the Deputy medical superitendant of Kisoro Hospital in Uganda. Am also in charge of the community health department as well as the country representative for Doctors for Global health(DGH) in Uganda.PINCC was introduced to us by students from Albert Einstein College of Medicine(AECOM)who had been working with us in trying to address the challenges of womens heath, particularly cervical cancer screening. The PINCC team agreed to visit Kisoro during one of their trips to East Africa. They have since visited us every 6 months since August 2007. During these visits, they have trained a team of 12 health workers at this hospital in VIA, Cryotherapy and LEEP.At the same time have supported the team in carrying out campaigns of screening. THe team has now become fully self sufficient and in 2008 has screened over 1500 women.Kisoro is only the 5th site in the entire country that is now doing screening, and in 2008 was the most active in the entire country. PINCC also helped mobilise resources and donated to us a cryotherapy and LEEP machines. We have truly benefited from the services that PINCC offers. Dr. Baganizi Michael(miknizi@yahoo.com)
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Training and supporting the trained team
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
When they join us and we carry out campaigns and their zeal to see us on our feet working independently
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Very committed to womens health
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Reach many more women who have no access to cervical cancer screening in Africa
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Kisoro Hospital, Uganda
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2008
I have worked for a number of non-profit organizations around the globe over the last 5 years as Registered Nurse in the developing world. Working with Dr. Kay Taylor and PINCC was the most rewarding experience I have ever participated in. PINCC not only provides a valuable service to women without access to health care, they are also training Dr.s and nurses to carry on the work in their absence. This is what all non-profits should be doing but which, sadly, many do not.
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If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
>...Bring cervical cancer prevention to every undedeveloped country in the world.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2008
I've been taking teams of volunteer doctors, nurses, and lay people to 8 countries in Central America and Africa for 3 years, to train and equip medical people who serve poor and high risk women in methods to prevent cervical cancer. It's the #1 cause of cancer death in 3rd world countries among women, and yet it's preventable! We've trained over 50 medical people this year alone. Our methods are low-cost and low-tech, so can be used in low resource settings. It's been very successful, and terrifically rewarding to save the lives of these women, and know the people we train will go on saving lives for many years to come.
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Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
The endless enthusiasm of our great volunteers, who work so hard and pay their own way to help other less fortunate women .
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
Young, old, medical and non-medical people, without hierarchy issues or expectations of being taken care of. Everyone pitched in and did their best, and helped each other out.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Go to so many other countries, and reach so many women, and save SO many lives. It really leaves behind sustainable programs that keep working.
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Prevention International: No Cervical Cancer (PINCC)
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2008
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