Want to see a great new movie…like Ocean’s 8?
Want to make a donation to a deserving charity…like PICCSI? (the Pacific Island Cervical Cancer Screening Initiative)
Why not do both? At the same time? And get a warm and fuzzy feeling from saving women’s lives at the same time?
Proceeds from a screening of Ocean’s 8 at Palace Cinema, Westgarth Cinema on June 21 go to the PICCSI Project. PICCSI screens and treats cervical cancer in the Pacific Islands.
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…
O&G magazine published an article written by PICCSI’s Dr Nicola Fitzgerald late last year. The article paints a picture of women’s health in the Pacific, highlighting some of the deficiencies of the health systems that lead to poor outcomes. Read Nicola’s article here. The Pacific Island Cervical Cancer Screening Initiative
The PICCSI project has a new logo! Many thanks must go to Alys Martin from Alys Martin Design for her very professional job and her personal time spent designing the fantastic logo. All of the proposals Alys produced were slick and any one of them would have made for a great logo. So, the next…
Thank you to Seremaia Koroi and Dr Sailosi Ratumaitavuki for you television interviews on Speak Your Mind today. Job well done, Koroir and Sailosi. PICCSI wishes you well for your future Hollywood careers!!
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…
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…