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 Shining Hope Clinic in Kibera Slums to discuss beginning their training in September. This slum has a million people, without water or electricity, much less health care. It’s a new clinic, which we hope will be the key to helping the thousands of women here.

One special report comes from our Kitale, Kenya site, where the midwives are doing outreach to the region’s rural clinics. Mary Keiyo reports that they have screened 551 women and treated 42 abnormal cases in 10 clinics, just in the last 3 months.  Sadly, they currently have 14 women dying of cervical cancer in their hospital; which is why they are so motivated to get this screening and treatment going! That’s 42 women who won’t die, just in 3 months’ work!