On the outside of the building, "CHS-Health" is written in big blue letters. In Little Haiti, this work is happening at a medical clinic called the Center for Haitian Studies, located on a commercial street in the rapidly gentrifying immigrant neighborhood.
In Miami, the WHO is relying in large part on public health infrastructure already in place, including the effort initiated by Kobetz. 'Center for Haitian Studies' brings health care to the people The WHO believes cervical cancer can be eliminated within the next century if countries meet those targets by 2030. The international health organization announced a lofty goal in August 2020: Eliminate cervical cancer by encouraging countries to get 90% of girls fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine by age 15 have 70% of women screened for HPV by age 35 and again by age 45 and treat 90% of women who have pre-cancerous conditions. Kobetz's work and that of her colleagues, using a recreational vehicle dubbed the Game Changer, grabbed the attention of the WHO. Human papillomavirus is thought to be responsible for about 50% of cervical cancers. One of the authors, Erin Kobetz, the associate director for population sciences and cancer disparity at the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, came up with the idea of bringing HPV testing to areas of Miami-Dade County where women are less likely to get regular screenings for cervical cancer at a gynecologist's office. The rate of cervical cancer in Little Haiti is 38 per 100,000 people - more than four times Florida's overall rate of 8 per 100,000, according to a study published in Cancer Causes and Control in July 2018. That's why health care workers and even the World Health Organization are focusing on Miami's Little Haiti to try to save lives. The disease is preventable, though, thanks to vaccines and effective treatments for conditions that can precede the cancer. In the U.S., women of Haitian descent are diagnosed with it at higher rates than the general population. More than 300,000 women around the world die from cervical cancer each year.
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