Dr. Annah’s update from Kigoma is full of positive news about our newly trained clinicians from July 2010 and their rapid establishment of screening and cryotherapy treatment services in Kigoma Region. All new sites are on track in terms of the goals and implementation plans each created as part of our training.
Two sites (of four new ones) already have begun providing screening and treatment services for women on a weekly basis. This is further proof that our training programs are working. Over the coming weeks, Annah will visit the other two sites and ensure that they have the needed materials and supplies to begin offering services in screening with VIA and treatment with cryotherapy.
Nurses Catherine and Grencia of Kasulu District Hospital and Dr. Terezia and nurse Dafroza of Kibondo District Hospital were the first of newly trained clinicians to bring their new cervical cancer prevention skills to women in their communities. Kazi njuri!
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Dr. Annah (right) with Dr. Terezia (middle)
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Nurse Dafroza in clinic
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Elisa with Nurse Dafroza
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(Left to right) Dr Terezia, Clinical Officer Editha, nurses Grencia, Dafroza, Catherine
 From June 17 through July 5, 2010, we conducted a two-week training and cervical cancer screening campaign in Kigoma, Tanzania. This trip marked our fourth visit to Kigoma and third training and screening campaign at this site. As in our other sites, we continue to focus on the implementation of the Single Visit Approach for the prevention of cervical cancer.
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 Katie, August (left) with Alice Macharia, JGI director of East Africa programs in front of a classic image of Dr. Jane Goodall After days of canceled flights and other travel woes, our full team of staff and volunteers has finally arrived in Kigoma, Tanzania. This month, they’ll be training ten more local health workers in the Single Visit Approach and screening nearly 300 women. They’ll also have the pleasure of a visit from Dr. Jane Goodall herself, who is celebrating 50 years of saving chimpanzees and empowering their human neighbors in the nearby Gombe National Park.
Just last month, August and I visited the Jane Goodall Institute in Washington, DC. JGI has been Grounds for Health’s partner in Tanzania since the inception of our program there, linking us to community leaders, local health authorities, and JGI’s thriving network of village health promoters, or community-based distribution agents (CBDAs).
Continue reading “GFH at JGI and in Tanzania”
 Dr. Annah Kichambati
I just got off the phone with our Tanzanian colleague Dr. Annah Kichambati in Kigoma, Tanzania. Annah is our Kigoma-based, GFH-supported colleague and coordinator of our cervical cancer collaboration. Up until recently, she was working with the Jane Goodall Institute as their lead trainer of community health distribution agents (CBDAs) in HIV/AIDS. She is a talented medical officer, expert community health trainer, incredible gem and wonderful force at the grassroots level on the ground in Kigoma.
Continue reading “More Updates from Tanzania”
 Allegro's Kanyovu and Grounds for Health Display Next time you stroll through Whole Foods Market, keep an eye out for Allegro Coffee’s Tanzania Kanyovu display. From March 24th through July 13, you can purchase special bags of coffee that help support our work with the Kanyovu Co-operative and the Jane Goodall Institute.
When you grab a bag of coffee, read the display closely: Allegro Coffee is donating $10,000 to Grounds for Health.
Needless to say, many thanks go out to everyone at Allegro Coffee.
For more information on the promotion and the Kanyovu coffee, check out the Allegro Coffee website and Allegro’s Kanyovu coffee profile.
 Annah welcoming community women We just received an update from Dr. Annah Kichambati of the Jane Goodall Institute in Kigoma, Tanzania. Annah is a medical officer and expert community trainer who has assumed the role as coordinator of our Kigoma Cervical Cancer Collaboration. Annah has an incredible presence.
Since we left Kigoma just over a month ago, another 226 women have been screened for cervical cancer using the simple vinegar test (VIA). All ten clinicians continue screening women in their health centers and the referral network for those needing care is smooth.
Continue reading “Local Update: Moving along in Kigoma”
 In late January, Grounds for Health returned to Kigoma, Tanzania for our second provider training and screening campaign. Similar to our work in Mexico and Nicaragua, we continue to focus on implementing the Single Visit Approach to cervical cancer prevention. Our primary partners in Tanzania are the Kanyovu Coffee Cooperatives and the Jane Goodall Institute.
Continue reading “Success and Perspectives – Kigoma”
 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.
Continue reading “In Kigoma – Up to the Heri Hospital”
 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.
Continue reading “Quick Thought from Matyazo, Tanzania”
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