On Monday of this week Merck, the Rwanda Ministry of Health, and Qiagen announced an initiative within Rwanda to address the needs of women in Rwanda in terms of discovery and prevention of HPV, one of the major causes of cervical cancer.
As those that have been following our blog know, Laura's team had been to Kigali in Rwanda to teach the local staff how to operate the test, CareHPV, that her team has developed. The test has been operating in many countries throughout the world, including Nicaragua, Haiti, India and many others but Rwanda is the first to implement a broad scale to address not only testing but also prevention of HPV.
Of course I can not say how proud I am of Laura reaching this milestone. I know she has put her heart into this program and at times it is very frustrating ... but she has stayed with it and now we can see some of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Congratulations Sweetheart!
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