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Campaigns - Central America

Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Peru Campaign update Summer 2011

In Latin America, we visited 6 hospitals and clinics in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Peru. We trained 63 staff members, examined 762 women, and treated 76. PINCC donated 2 LEEP and 3 cryotherapy machines. Our Latin America program has made great strides.  We are partnering with the Ministries of Health in El Salvador and Nicaragua, and with Pathfinders International in Peru, who have a network of 7 sites across the country.  PINCC's continued training at out sites in Lima and...

PINCC in El Salvador- A Developing Success Story

Photo: Two doctors brought all these women by bus to be seen and treated during their training in Nejapa, El Salvador One of our greatest successes have been in El Salvador. PINCC was first invited to El Salvador in 2006 by a grassroots non-profit organization, ProVida, which works in villages and barrios to bring health care and clean drinking water to neglected communities. Their doctors and Director, Graciela Colunga, wanted to develop the skills to provide screening and treatment for...

Guatemala and Nicaragua, 2007

Karen Balos, LCSW, on Guatemala This trip has been indescribably wonderful. At the first clinic we visited, Centro de Salud de Tecpan, Chimaltenago, we were immersed in a sea of beautiful Mayan women wearing rainbows! We treated 90 women for various gynecological infections, running the gamut from Chlamydia to yeast, and oh, by the way, saved five lives, i.e., we zapped their cervical dysplasia, which would have turned into cancer if left unattended. During the rest of our stay in Guatemala we...

PINCC in Latin America

La Ceiba, Honduras was our first stop. We worked in 2 local clinics, along with Nurse Specialist Zoila Mejia, whom we had trained to do PAP's and is now learning to detect dysplasia. We were also joined on day 2 by Dr. Dennis, a Honduran public health doctor trained in Cuba who started training in cervical cancer prevention. We worked until 7 pm to see all the women who had come, and were then treated to a lovely cake in thanks by the community's women. After collecting all our team members...