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 northern  Peru. El Salvador brought in medical providers from rural clinics to begin training in San Salvador, as well as began their own training program between our visits. In Nicaragua, we are working in Leon with professors and residents in gynecology, and training doctors and nurses from nearby clinics. We’ll complete training in the northern Jalapa area, 2 hospitals and 3 clinics.

We began our Community Outreach and Education (COE) project.  The COE project will help to ensure the women who live in the communities we serve receive cervical cancer screening for years after we certify doctors and nurses at a clinic. We want the women (and men) that live in communities near these clinics to be aware of the cervical cancer prevention programs, and to be motivated and comfortable with seeking regular care.