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Amanda, Kayla, and August with San Juan de Rio Coco coop collaborators From Sep 21- Sep 30, 2011, Grounds for Health trained a new cohort of 11 doctors and nurses on cervical cancer screening using Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Pap, and treatment of pre-cancer with cryotherapy. Of the 11 providers, nine received [...] By: Kayla Moore | October 27th, 2011 |
 One commentCategory: Nicaragua | Tags: on the ground, results, trip report This email from Executive Director August Burns a few weeks ago was too good not to share: February 13, 2011
It’s 87 degrees according to my LL Bean travel clock. I notice the temperature as we move from place to place. It must have been 95 today as we sat in the Air [...] In today’s socially conscious world, we’re gaining a greater and greater understanding of how to responsibly help the less privileged world—be it in health care, agriculture, economics or otherwise. We’re no longer just asking, “what needs to be done,” but we’re examining how things can be done to have a lasting and meaningful impact. However, [...] By: Justin Mool | August 17th, 2010 |
 7 commentsCategory: General Info | Tags: on the ground, results, sustainability Dra. Barinia Osejo Herradora Elisa’s lovely note about successes in Tanzania made me realize that I hadn’t shared all the good news from Nicaragua. Our in-country staff from Nicaragua, Dra. Barinia Osejo Herradora, recently sent us an email that was absolutely brimming with excitement and joy. By: Martha Caswell | April 15th, 2010 |
One commentCategory: Jinotega, Matagalpa, Nicaragua | Tags: local update, on the ground, results
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 [...] By: Elisa Vandervort | April 13th, 2010 |
2 commentsCategory: Tanzania | Tags: local update, on the ground, results 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 [...] By: Elisa Vandervort | February 16th, 2010 |
 Be the first to commentCategory: Tanzania | Tags: on the ground, results 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. By: August Burns | February 4th, 2010 |
Be the first to commentCategory: Tanzania | Tags: on the ground, results Wonderful view from the clinic. Carlos, Silvia and I wound our way over bumps and curves and patches of pavement, then dirt, then pavement to Monte Cristo. It is a 45-minute drive with beautiful views from Jaltenango to the DIF clinic where we would like to have the campaign. By: Martha Caswell | February 2nd, 2010 |
Be the first to commentCategory: Mexico | Tags: on the ground, results August provides a first-hand account of progress in Kigoma, [...] By: admin | February 1st, 2010 |
Be the first to commentCategory: Tanzania | Tags: on the ground, results Grounds for Health is back on the ground in Tanzania! We’re continuing our partnerships with the Jane Goodall Institute and the Kanyovu Coffee Co-operatives, and after just a couple of weeks, we’ve already accomplished a great [...] |
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