RCB, UAB and ADPH Welcome Cervical Cancer Elimination Advocates for OPERATION WIPE OUT Summit
Rotary District 6860 District Governor David Allgood, Vestavia Hills Rotary Club member Kent Howard, Trussville Noon Rotary Club President Sharon Stauffer with RCB President Bruce Rogers.
On Friday, January 31st, the Rotary Club of Birmingham, UAB and the Alabama Department of Public Health partnered to welcome over 180 healthcare providers, public health leaders, Rotarians, and community advocates focused on eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem in Alabama to The Harbert Center for the second OPERATION WIPE OUT Summit.
Attendees representing 33 Alabama counties gained knowledge, resources and connections to support cervical cancer prevention, screening and treatment in their local communities from experts including Rotarian Isabel Scarinci, Vice-Chair for Global and Rural Health, UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Dr. Scott Harris, State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health; Dr. Warner Huh, Chair, UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and Nancy Wright, Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Division, Alabama Department of Public Health; Bruce Rogers, RCB President; Lora Blalock, RCB Executive Director; and David Allgood, RI District 6860 District Governor.
Thanks to Rotary Club of Birmingham OPERATION WIPE OUT Committee members who planned and executed a wonderful day of learning and connection. Those assisting included Tanya Shunnara, Eleanor Estes, Rebecca Beers, Mary Boehm, Tara Bryant, Rebekah Elgin-Council, CIndy Martin and Isabel Scarinci, as well as volunteers Dawn Sharff, Warren Callaway, Mike Saag and Barbara Royal as well as RCB Staff members Lora Blalock, June Clark and Tyler Buck.
Please click here to read a Bham Now article about the summit.
And visit this link to learn more about OPERATION WIPE OUT, access videos and resources from the summit, and find out how you can join the fight to eradicate cervical cervical cancer as a public health threat in Alabama.
