BUSH GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE

PINK RIBBON RED RIBBON IS A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT LEADS COORDINATED ACTION TO SAVE LIVES FROM BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS. THROUGH GREATER ACCESS TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT, HEALTHY WOMEN STRENGTHEN FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, AND NATIONS, DRIVING GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ACROSS ALL PRRR PROGRAMS FROM JANUARY TO MARCH 2018 INCLUDE: - PRRR PROGRAMS PROVIDED VIA SCREENING FOR CERVICAL CANCER FOR 9,293 WOMEN.- 675 OF THESE WOMEN WERE TREATED WITH CRYOTHERAPY OR LEEP FOR CERVICAL CANCER. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION)- A TOTAL OF 332 WOMEN WERE SCREENED FOR BREAST CANCER.AS A RESULT, SINCE INCEPTION, PRRR AND ITS PARTNERS HAVE: - SCREENED OVER HALF A MILLION WOMEN FOR CERVICAL CANCER IN BOTSWANA, ETHIOPIA, TANZANIA, AND ZAMBIA;- TREATED OVER 34,000 OF THESE WOMEN FOR PRE-CANCEROUS LESIONS; - VACCINATED ALMOST 150,000 GIRLS AGED 9 TO 13 AGAINST HPV THROUGH PILOT PROGRAMS AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS DESIGNED TO PAVE THE WAY FOR NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGNS; AND- SCREENED NEARLY 40,000 WOMEN FOR BREAST CANCER IN ETHIOPIA, TANZANIA, AND ZAMBIA. IN 2018, PINK RIBBON RED RIBBON DIRECTLY PROVIDED, OR WORKED WITH PARTNERS TO PROVIDE, THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:ZAMBIA:- PRRR AND PARTNERS CONTINUED TO SUPPORT ZAMBIA'S CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AND TREATMENT PROGRAM.- PRRR CONTRIBUTED TO THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE SUSAN G. KOMEN-SPONSORED ROADMAP FOR BREAST CANCER CONTROL IN ZAMBIA.TANZANIA:- IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2018, PRRR SUPPORTED THE EVALUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS UNDER THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN OF 2011-2016. IN JUNE OF 2018, PRRR CONTRIBUTED TO THE DRAFT OF THE FINAL REPORT OF THE RESULTS OF THE "EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAMME". - PRRR SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF HARMONIZED TREATMENT PROTOCOLS FOR FEMALE INVASIVE CANCERS THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN MID-2018 AND WILL PROVIDE NATIONAL TREATMENT GUIDELINES, ENSURING THAT HOSPITALS ARE PROVIDING THE SAME MEDICINES AND TREATMENTS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF CARE.ETHIOPIA:- PRRR INITIATED AND LED AN EVALUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS IN PRRR-SUPPORTED SITES UNDER THE NATIONAL CANCER CONTROL PLAN OF 2016-2020. THE RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION WILL INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECOND FIVE-YEAR STRATEGY AND A BROADER AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA'S PLANS TO OPEN 1,500 SCREEN-AND-TREAT SITES.NAMIBIA:- PRRR AND PARTNERS ALSO PROVIDED SUPPORT TO THE MOHSS TO WRITE THE FIRST-EVER CERVICAL CANCER SERVICE DELIVERY GUIDELINES, WHICH WERE RELEASED IN QUARTER THREE OF 2018. OTHER PRRR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:- PINK RIBBON RED RIBBON WORKED WITH THE CDC FOUNDATION AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO HELP DEVELOP THE FIRST-EVER HARMONIZED TOOLKIT FOR MEASURING IMPACT AND OUTCOMES ACROSS COUNTRY CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAMS. THIS TOOLKIT - "IMPROVING DATA FOR DECISION-MAKING IN GLOBAL CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAMS" - WILL BE PUBLISHED IN QUARTER FOUR 2018.