Collaboration with the SUCCESS Project has enabled ALAVI’s medical staff to improve their expertise in managing precancerous lesions. With enhanced skills and equipment for detecting and treating precancerous lesions, ALAVI’s medical staff now welcome women for cervical cancer screening.

Starting this week, the nation’s daughters will be shielded from a brutal and preventable disease, and we’re glad to play…

Bonn, Levi, and Ferdinand are part of the Cervical Cancer Riding Service for Transport of Specimen (CeCaRTS) initiative. This pilot project, which is led by Jhpiego, is part of larger efforts aimed at preventing cervical cancer among women in the archipelago by facilitating timely screening and treatment of precancerous lesions.

One nurse’s story to increase cervical cancer prevention among the Maya women of Guatemala’s Western Highlands.

After seeing a Facebook post about a mobile screening for cervical cancer, high school teacher Joyce Caubat attended a mobile screening where she learned about HPV and the self-collection process. Joyce tested positive for HPV and received free treatment for precancerous lesions, marking the beginning of her advocacy journey.