A Crowd Is Waiting For A Cervical Cancer Clinic On Wheels

Setting aside the debate on VIA, here is a great piece on getting cancer screening to rural areas

A Crowd Is Waiting For A Cervical Cancer Clinic On Wheels

February 4, 20187:00 AM ET  MATTHEA ROEMER

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/02/04/577690494/a-crowd-is-waiting-for-a-cervical-cancer-clinic-on-wheels?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180204

Well before the minibus pulls in, a crowd of 100 women has gathered, many toting children. More continue to arrive by bike, on foot. Soon they spill out from under the shelter of two tents that constitute a makeshift waiting area. Some cluster among trees. Others lean against the village maternity building, a five-room structure that many have never set foot in because they gave birth at home.