The Screenings Saving Lives in Rural Guatemala

The Screenings Saving Lives in Rural Guatemala

It’s 9:30 a.m. and Juliaticia, a woman dressed in vibrant traditional garments, strolls down a hill in Candelaria, a small village nestled in the remote Guatemalan highlands’ Chimaltenango department. She’s headed to a cervical cancer screening clinic that’s been set up in her village for the day.  When Juliaticia, who asked to be referred to by first name only, arrives, a nurse directs her to sit in a green plastic chair situated in front of a …