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Campaigns - Africa

Uganda & Kenya Campaign August 2012

PINCC in East Africa August 8-August 25 A total of 444 women were seen, 107 diagnostic procedures were done and 42 treatments were preformed. Below are excerpts from volunteers and a report from each site.   August 8 - August 10, 2012 Uganda, Gombe Despite all the challenges, the team of clinicians at Gombe was upbeat and motivated. Nurses, medical students, and anyone who knew we were there was eager to meet us and learn whatever we had to teach them. The patients, although nervous,...

A Rewarding Experience – Uganda & Kenya Campaign January/ February 2012

Habari gani, rafiki ya PINCC? (Which means "How are you doing, friends of PINCC?" in Swahili). The spring East Africa campaign is over, but the impact PINCC made on the communities we worked with continues! Our team was 11 dedicated doctors, nurses and lay people who gave their time and money to help the women of East Africa.   Gombe, a small town in central Uganda, was the first stop for PINCC. The week was incredibly successful with over 100 patients screened and 8 medical...

Uganda and Kenya - A Successful Campaign and a New Beginning Fall 2011

Our fall East Africa Campaign is over, and all our great volunteers are off on safaris or heading home. It's been so heartwarming and thrilling to watch our 3 continuing sites grow and become independent! The biggest thrill, though, was going out to a small rural hospital on the lower slopes of Mt. Elgon, in far western Kenya, to start a training of health workers from 5 very rural sites. This group was recruited by three of our trainees in Kitale and Kapenguria, They have gone out to these...

Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania Campaign Update Spring 2011

In Africa we worked in 7 hospitals in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.  We trained a total of 84 staff members, examined 1,239 women, and treated 52 women for precancerous cervical cells. We donate equipment to 5 sites, and certified 2 sites, now independent. We began work at 3 new sites. In February, we consulted with Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi about referring patients for radiation therapy, and follow-up for difficult cases from our Kenya clinics. We also did a preliminary site visit at...

Cervical Cancer In Uganda - Stats and more - a glimpse into our project

By Erin Cox, MD Screening programs have successfully reduced cervical cancer mortality rates and the incidence of advanced disease in industrialized nations around the world. In the United States, incidence and mortality from cervical cancer was reduced by 74% between 1955 and 1992 with the introduction of PAP smear screening programs (cite). However, in Uganda as well as all over Sub-Saharan Africa, throughout Latin America and Southeast Asia, women continue to die from this preventable...

Uganda and Kenya

Lisa Levine, MD, on Africa: I'm a second year resident in Ob/Gyn at Albert Einstein in the Bronx. Since medical school I have been volunteering with an organization called PINCC. I chose to spend my two week vacation working with PINCC in Africa, helping to see and treat women in addition to teaching the healthcare workers. Kisoro Hospital, Uganda, was the site of our first stop on the PINCC journey. Working with PINCC and 2 dedicated medical students, Chavi Kahn and Eleanor Chung, we trained...

PINCC in Africa

On September 15, 2006, PINCC embarked on its first mission to Africa, starting in Kenya. We began our work in the Siaya district, on the shores of Lake Victoria, among the Luo people. Our team was Dr. Kay Taylor, Pat Sax, our coordinator, and Dr. Terry Dunn, a great urogynecologist from Denver. Our partners in this journey were a large team of doctors and nurses from Matibabu. These American doctors from Kaiser established a clinic and HIV center in this area. We were their first gynecology...