From the Airforce to Fighting Cervical Cancer: Cherissa Jackson
As Cherissa Jackson healed herself from PTSD, she went on to heal others. She founded the non-profit “Project Give Hope” to provide cervical cancer screening and treatment to women in low resource settings, following her retirement from the US air force. Today...
Does HPV vaccination mean Rwanda doesn’t need cervical cancer screening?
HPV vaccination holds the promise to eradicate cervical cancer in our lifetime. But as governments weigh the costs and benefits of implementing countrywide vaccination programs, what role will continued cervical cancer screening play? Rwanda was the first low...
Top 3 – Challenges facing global women’s health in 2019
In a new series, we ask MobileODT experts to offer their insight on challenges facing the healthcare world. Today, international development specialist and MobileODT Product Manager, Cathy Sebag, shares her view on the biggest challenges facing global women’s health...
Cervical cancer screening for sex workers: Bringing dignity and healing
Sex workers experience numerous healthcare issues. Dr. Judy Norman discusses how to perform women’s health and colposcopy within this population.
Championing empowerment and cervical cancer screening in Cambodia: Mercy Medical Center Cambodia
Cambodia faces a cervical cancer epidemic. With one of the world’s highest rates of cervical cancer deaths and the highest in Asia, Cambodian women need a champion to help bring screening and treatment. Dr. Judy Norman is that champion. Her goal: to empower Cambodian...
Cervical cancer screening in China: MobileODT takes part in the largest ever self-swab HPV study
Gal Brenner from MobileODT Product Department shares her experience at the Yunnan screening camp: Witnessing nearly 4,000 women receive cervical cancer screening for the first time in their lives was an inspiring experience. Working with a team that made that happen...![Telehealth can provide cervical cancer screening to 10 million women in the US [infographic]](https://www.mobileodt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MobileODT-Telehealth-OBGYN-Shortage-banner.jpg?x41781)
Telehealth can provide cervical cancer screening to 10 million women in the US [infographic]
Millions of US women are going without any form of OB-GYN coverage putting them at risk for disease. Despite the rapid growth of the US female population, obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) residency programs have decreased, and the number of first-year...
A revolution in cervical cancer screening in Ghana
Dr Kofi Effah feels understandably proud of his clinic and his staff. He heads the Cervical Cancer Prevention and Training Center of the Catholic Hospital, Battor, which opened to address the dire need for cervical cancer screening in Ghana. In 2012, cervical cancer...
