| Reporting Organization: | Grand Challenges Canada |
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| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 100,000 |
| Timeframe: | August 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018 |
| Status: | Implementation |
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Becca Smith [email protected] |
| Haiti - $ 100,000.00 (100.00%) | |
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| Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (50 %) | |
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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.
| Gender and age: | Adult women |
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| Total Direct Population: | 12,050 |
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Return to topBy the end of this project’s Grand Challenges Canada funding, it is expected to educate 7000 women on cervical cancer screening and prevention, benefit 5000 women from cervical cancer screening via HPV testing at 6 factories where the project is implementing, and save 50 women from death from cervical cancer.
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