The amazing team of PICCSI volunteers are making their final preparations to visit Fiji early next month. The PICCSI team will be visiting five sites again in 2022 to offer free on-the-spot screening for Human papillomavirus: the virus responsible for causing cervix cancer / cervical cancer. PICCSI will be using the state of the art…
ABC Radio Australia today invited Dr Nicola Fitzgerald from PICCSI to be interviewed by Tahlea Aualiitia on World Cancer Day. Dr Nicola Fitzgerald PICCSI(Pacific Island Cervical Cancer Screening Initiative) Tahlea Aualiitia ABC RadioRadio AustraliaHost of Pacific Mornings Tahlea and Nicola discussed the Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening that PICCSI is doing in the Pacific and the…
Anybody browsing the Heidelberg Leader this week may have noticed a feature piece on a certain PICCSI volunteer. The piece tells a brief version of the PICCSI story. And whilst Nicola did start PICCSI (the Pacific Island Cervical Cancer Screening Initiative) and is to be applauded for her efforts, she is the first to point…
The team at VCS Pathology is proud to be involved with the PICCSI Project. The VCS motto is “Quality and Support from Experts”. VCS is a specialist laboratory committed to providing excellence in cervical cytology, HPV testing, histopathology and Chlamydia testing. VCS Pathology has been very generous to the PICCSI Project. VCS Pathology has not…
Event: PICCSI FundraiserDetails: Movie Screening: The Lion King Date: 19 July 2019 Time: 8.00pm Location: Westgarth Palace Cinema (map) Tickets are available through TryBooking.com Thanks go to Alice Berezner for organising the 2019 PICCSI Movie Fundraiser: The Lion King. Come along to the amazing Westgarth Palace Cinema and enjoy what will surely be one of…
Name: Alison Fitz-Gerald Position: PICCSI Volunteer Gynaecologist and PICCSI Planning Committee Member How I became involved with PICCSI: Alison Fitz-Gerald did part of her Obstetrics and Gynaecology training alongside Nicola Fitzgerald (no relation!). Nicola heavily promoted the PICCSI Project to Alison…no doubt emphasizing the beautiful Pacific Island sunset and cocktail opportunities and omitting the early…
Congratulations and commendations to Zahrah: Zahrah is a Obstetrics and Gynaecology resident doctor in Melbourne who is from Fiji. This year for her birthday, Zahrah has decided to fund raise for PICCSI (Pacific Island Cervical Cancer Screening Initiative). The cost of a cervical screening test is roughly $25, so she is asking friends and family…
A recent article published by the ABC’s Olivia Wills discusses self-collected human papilloma virus (HPV) testing. Self-collected cervical swabs are an alternative to a health professional collecting a sample for HPV testing or performing a pap smear. HPV is the virus that causes about 99 per cent of cervical cancers. The new HPV test looks…
March 8 was International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day was adopted by the United Nations in 1975 as part of International Women’s Year. Each International Women’s Day has a theme. The 2019 theme is ‘Think equal, build smart, innovate for change’. As part of International Women’s Day 2019, Catholic Ladies College (CLC) was kind enough…
CLC (Catholic Ladies College) Collegian magazine published an article written by PICCSI’s Dr Nicola Fitzgerald late last year. The article is on page 37.