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GFH Trainees Become National Trainers

Here’s yet another Kigoma success story: We recently learned that three of our star pupils from Kigoma—Grencia, Leonarda and Bernadetta—have become National Trainers and just finished their second cervical cancer training campaign in Pwani, Tanzania, a region that has had no cervical cancer prevention programs until now. They trained 12 providers for six sites: the [...]

Key to VIA Success: Vision and Vinegar

Vision and Vinegar

Sometimes it’s the simple things make all the difference.

Here at Grounds for Health, we use the Single Visit Approach to screen for cervical cancer. Applying a vinegar wash on the cervix allows us to make a visual confirmation of potentially cancerous cells. This is known as visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA). [...]

Where Women Have No Doctor

Where Women Have No Doctor was a collaborative project of hundreds of women worldwide to bring information on reproductive health and women’s lives to poor women without access to basic health care and information. It is now translated into over 30 languages from Iban (language of the Longhouse People of [...]

In Kigoma - Up to the Heri Hospital

We headed up to Heri Hospital today to do a site visit as a potential next place in the region for our next two campaigns. It is a regional mission hospital another hour north of here in the heart of coffee country and near the Burundi border.

Quick Thought from Matyazo, Tanzania

We are now in the northern coffee community of Matyazo. This is where we had the very low positive rate last time, so now, armed with 5% Heinz (47 Varieties) vinegar and enough acetic acid for the next two years, (thank you Elisa!) we will see what our results look like.

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GFH Trainees Become National Trainers

Key to VIA Success: Vision and Vinegar

Where Women Have No Doctor

In Kigoma - Up to the Heri Hospital

Quick Thought from Matyazo, Tanzania

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