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Cervical cancer screening for factory employees in Haiti

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Start Date: 01/08/2017- End Date: 31/12/2018


Project Lead(s): Vincent DeGennaro

Haiti lacks sufficient means to screen women of reproductive age for cervical cancer, the leading cause of female cancer-related death. It has also been shown that Haiti’s working-class, such as factory workers, have the least exposure to health programs and education. 

In this project, women factory workers will self-swab to test for Human papillomavirus (HPV) with treatment if needed performed the next week by staff nurses in the factory infirmary. The model will allow women to receive cervical cancer screening and education directly where they work. 

The model fosters sustainability as the private sector supports disease screening for employees and training of nurses, and is expected to create broader demand for screening services. Other expected benefits include the ability to provide adequate patient education in a community-based setting, no loss to follow up, and increased service uptake.

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    Program

    Stars in Global Health

    Institution

    Innovating Health International

    Institution Country

    Haiti

    Implementation Country

    Haiti

    Implementation Region

    Latin America and Caribbean

    Priority

    Cancer, Infectious Diseases, Non-communicable Diseases, Reproductive Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections except HIV, Women’s Cancers

    Platform

    Diagnostics / Diagnostics, Service Delivery

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