Two-Fact Tuesday

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Fact 1: The results of improving a country’s screening program can be seen in the reduction of the death rates in some developing countries. In Mexico, for example, cervical cancer mortality dropped from 16/100,000 in 1990 to 8/100,000 in 2008.

Fact 2: El Salvador is known as the team who allowed the most goals in the World Cup, losing 10-1 to Hungary. Few people remember, however, that it was the team that took the least goals during the qualification round for that World Cup.

El Salvador fans cheer on their team.

 

Two-Fact Tuesday

Happy Tuesday! Here’s this week’s two facts:

Fact 1: Recent research has shown that cancer has the most devastating economic impact of any cause of death in the world. (ACS Global Facts and Figures)

The direct costs include payments and resources used for treatment, as well as the costs of care and rehabilitation related to the illness. Indirect costs include the loss of economic output due to days missed from work (morbidity costs) and premature death (mortality costs). There are also hidden costs of cancer, such as health insurance premiums and nonmedical expenses (transportation, child or elder care, housekeeping assistance, etc.)

Fact 2: Haiti is the only independent Francophone nation in Latin America. All the other French-speaking Latin American nations are overseas departments of France

French Guiana

Haiti

Have a great week, everyone!

Kelsey for Basic Health 🙂

 

Two-Fact Tuesday

Hi everyone! Here’s this week’s two facts:

 
Fact 1: In Mexico the low quality of cytologic services has been a major barrier to reducing cervical cancer rates. A study of 13 cytology centers found a range of problems from poor-quality services to inadequately trained technicians, and the false-negative rate for Pap smears in these centers was as high as 54%.

Fact 2: As the U.S. baseball season winds down, the Dominican Republic annual baseball season is just warming up. Visitors who want to see the future stars of baseball can often find them playing in the nation’s Winter League, which is played from October through January.

Have a great week everyone and Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating this week!

Kelsey for Basic Health 🙂

Two-Fact Tuesday

Happy Tuesday, readers!

Fact 1: Mortality varies fifteen-fold between the different regions of the world, with rates ranging from 2 per 100,000 in Northern America and Western Europe to 25 per 100,000 in Eastern Africa in 2008.

Today’s second fact is about Guatemala, where BHI collaborated with a nonprofit to provide cervical cancer screening training this year.

Fact 2: Did you know that a scene from the original Star Wars movie “A New Hope” was shot in Guatemala in the Tikal National Park?  You can see the scene below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z690zwlaMao

Have a great week!
Kelsey for Basic Health 🙂

Two-Fact Tuesday

Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a great Tuesday.  Here’s this week’s Two Facts:

Fact 1: There is a seven-fold variation in the incidence of cervical cancer between the different regions of the world, with rates ranging from 5 per 100,000 in Western Asia to 35 per 100,000 in Eastern Africa in 2008 (http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/world/cervical-cancer-world/).

 

Fact 2: El Salvador’s most notable dish is the pupusa, a thick handmade corn flour or rice flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, chicharrón (cooked pork meat ground to a paste consistency), refried beans, and/or loroco (a vine flower bud native to Central America)

yummy!

Have a wonderful week!
Kelsey for Basic Health 🙂

Two-Fact Tuesday

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Fact 1: Cervical cancer is a very slow-progressing disease.  It can take approximately 15 years for precancerous cells to develop into invasive cervical cancer.  This is one of the primary reasons that screening is very effective for this disease.

Fact 2: To date BHI has screened about 8,000 women for cervical cancer.

Women waiting to be screened in Guatemala.

Have a great day, everyone!

Kelsey for Basic Health 🙂

Two-Fact Tuesday

Hi everyone!

In public health, one of the tools that are used to measure the burden of disease is years of potential life lost.  The measurement estimates the number of years a person would have lived had they not died prematurely. 

Fact 1:  Approximately 3.4 million women-years of potential life are lost every year as a result of cervical cancer (Yang, Bray et al. 2004).

Cervical Cancer is the bottom graph.

Fact 2: Haiti is slightly smaller than Maryland (CIA World Factbook).

 

Maryland

Haiti

Have a great day!

Kelsey for Basic Health 🙂

 

Two-Fact Tuesday

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Here are your two facts:

In its mission to eradicate cervical cancer, one of BHI’s main goals is to increase the percentage of women who receive cervical cancer screening. 

 

Fact 1:  It is estimated that only 19% of eligible women in El Salvador have been screened for cervical cancer.  [Approximately 80% of eligible women in the U.S. have been screened].

 

Fact 2: El Salvador may only be the size of Massachusetts, but it has more than 20 volcanoes!  Don’t worry though, only 2 have been active in recent years 🙂

 

Santa Ana, El Salvador

Hope everyone has a great week!

 

Kelsey for Basic Health 🙂

Two-Fact Tuesday

Hi friends!  Hope everyone’s week is off to a good start.  Here are this week’s two facts.

Basic Health International provided training for a cervical cancer prevention program in Guatemala last year. 

Fact 1: Cervical cancer accounts for nearly 60% of female cancer cases seen at Guatemala’s National Cancer Institute – far more than breast, skin, ovarian, and stomach cancers combined (Partners in Health).

 

Fact 2: Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America with a population of 14,099,032 (CIA World Factbook). 

Map of Guatemala

 

Two-Fact Tuesday

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Here are this week’s two facts:

Fact 1:

The age-adjusted incidence of cervical cancer in El Salvador is one of the highest in Central America at 35.4/100,000.  Compare this to 5.4/100,000 in the U.S. 

Fact 2:

In May 2012, the El Salvador national soccer team defeated the United States, eliminating them from the 2012 London Olympics. 

U.S. vs. El Salvador in 2012 Olympic-qualifying tournament

Have a great afternoon!

Kelsey for Basic Health 🙂