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Grounds for Health's goal is to create sustainable and effective cancer prevention programs, with a focus on the early detection and treatment of cervical cancer, a leading cause of cancer death among women in developing countries.

In many countries where coffee is grown, cervical cancer rates are among the highest in the world. However, this disease is both preventable and, when caught early, one of the most treatable cancers.

Grounds for Health's mission is to bring effective cervical cancer screening and treatment to women in coffee-growing communities. We currently work in Mexico, Nicaragua and Tanzania. The organization uses an innovative, affordable and community-appropriate method called the Single Visit Screen & Treat Approach, which has been endorsed by the World Health Organization.Their work is made possible through partnerships with local coffee co-operatives, national and regional ministries of health, and specialty coffee companies. These partnerships have made it possible for us to bring better and sustainable health care to women in coffee-growing communities.

Yesenia Villota, Trader Elan Organic, has had the opportunity to travel as an aid and translator for Doctor's working with Cancer patients and Grounds for Health.

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