PATIENT IDENTIFICATION CHALLENGE; BURKINA FASO
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Cervical cancer screenings.
Learn more about the Patient Identification Challenge and why identifying individuals in need of medical treatment and finding ways to make that treatment accessible reduces poverty.
DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
LafiaCare expands access to cervical cancer education, screening and treatment in Burkina Faso.
LafiaCare manages a mobile cervical cancer clinic that travels to rural and urban areas in Burkina Faso to offer education and screening services. This mobile clinic establishes an electronic health record and cervical cancer registry as LafiaCare expand to different areas to ensure regular screening to women. LafiaCare is the only large scale health services distribution model in the country which travels directly to patients wherever they are, allowing the early identification of cervical cancer patients who otherwise only get diagnosed at later and deadly stages of the disease.
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Screen 5,000 women during the pilot and reach 2,000 people via the call center during the pilot period
Fundraise an additional $15,000 during the pilot period
Screen 20,000 women by the end of year 1
Screen 50,000 women by the end of year 2
FOUNDING TEAM
Rassidatou Konate - Executive Director
Florence Compaore - Executive Assistant
Seybatou Compaore - Communication and Outreach
Stephane Sawadogo - Screening and Monitoring
Charlemagne Bazie - Screening and Monitoring
William Tapsoba - Communication and Outreach