CCFKY will host their Annual Statewide Conference May 15, 2012 at the Sloan Convention Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. More information available here
News Category: Kentucky
New, up-to-date educational tools and resources to help you increase awareness of the adolescent vaccines among your constituents are now available from the CDC.
To learn more about the new CDC Preteen and Teen Vaccine Campaign materials, please read below.
Promote CDC’s new adolescent vaccine website, which contains the latest information on vaccine recommendations, by adding a Web button or a link to your site or visit our “Web tools” page for additional ...News Category: Uncategorized
Inovio Labs is currently developing a vaccine for cervical dysplasia. Clinical trials so far have kept the condition from progressing to cervical cancer and regressing the condition from CIN 3 to CIN 1. Read more about it by clicking on the link below.
http://www.inovio.com/clinicaltrials/VGX3100Study.htm
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CCFA’s own Dr. Jennifer Smith recently did an interview for the Black Women’s Health Imperative Blog. January is Cervical Health Awareness Month and we’re asking the question: “What can black women do to eliminate cervical cancer in America?”. Dr. Smith sat down with Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, host of the Black Women’s Health Report, to discuss the possibility of ending cervical cancer for women through awareness, education and screening.
Listen to the podcast here
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This newsletter provides up-to-date news related to cervical cancer prevention including HPV vaccination, screening, education, and news items from CCFA. If you would like to sign-up for the newsletter, please e-mail us at ccfa@unc.edu and we will add you to our mailing list. Please feel free to forward this information to anyone that you think might be interested in joining the cause!
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Hello Fellow Fighters Against Cervical Cancer!
Announcing the release of my new book, How I Lost My Uterus and Found My Voice: a memoir of love, hope, and empowerment! It is currently available online at Barnes and Noble (bn.com) and Amazon.com and will be in stores soon. I appreciate any thing you can do to spread the word. I will be on Memphis morning News Fox 13 1/26/12 to promote the book. I also have a few book ...
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As a stakeholder in the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer, you are invited to Houston’s first
2012 Cervical Cancer Summit Together, we can affect great cervical cancer change.
SAVE THE DATE:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Auditorium – Houston Community College
3100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
No Registration Fee
Contact Edith Silvas at: esilvas@mdanderson.org or (713) 792-0718 to reserve your space TODAY!
The goal of the Summit is to reduce the incidence and mortality rates of ...
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Be sure to check out survivor and CCFA partner Tamika Felder on Lifetime TV’s “The Balancing Act” this coming Wednesday, December 21 at 7:00 a.m. (et). You can watch the preview here
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November 23rd, 2011
New York, November 23, 2011 – Today, Women Deliver released a report “Delivering Cervical Cancer Prevention in the Developing World,” that highlights exciting new partnerships and innovations in cervical cancer prevention and treatment.
This report comes at an important time: the GAVI Alliance recently announced its commitment to providing HPV vaccinations for 2 million girls in nine countries by 2015. This is a pivotal milestone in the efforts both to bring global attention ...
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The Kaiser Family Foundation has updated it’s fact sheet on HPV. It includes information about cancers related to HPV, use of the HPV vaccines in both men and women, and insurance coverage and access to the vaccines.
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