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࿁Ҥɿ᎕ᐖٙʾj য়ኪਜኪ͛ٙɛᗳԪ߉षݭޥߴҁટ၇ଟ
̸ৎശॶhd߅໕ᆯኪdڛזˋ৵ɽኪЬ Friends in the fight
neath the tent, Scarinci remembers one of the fi rst
including 82 percent at one of two high schools. The
ί 2024 ϋʺЇ 60%dՇהʕኪٙՉʕɓה
broader county vaccination rate in 2023 for all eligible Spanish-language events she organized. Half the against cervical cancer:
Ӽʱࣧପ߅ӻ˴iیҎhഺतdڛזˋ৵ψʮ
(from left) Warner
young people was much lower: Only about 30 percent people with screening appointments never came. Her Huh, a gynecological
ሊ͛ᐖसཫԣʿછՓ҅҅ڗi̦̔؍փi̺ኁ ટ၇ଟһ৷༺ 82%fϾί 2023 ϋd༈য়הϞ
of those ages 9 to 18 completed their HPV shots. husband said to her: “Why are you killing yourself? oncologist who
hᖯ௫ (Bruce Rogers)dЬӼҧቃٟٟڗf They’re not interested.” chairs the OB-GYN
ୌΥૢٙϋჀɛٙટ၇ଟࠅЭεj
Adult women, meanwhile, need regular testing
department at the
to identify cell changes before they become lethal. But the next morning she got a call: One of the University of Alabama
9 Ї 18 ๋ҁϓɛᗳԪ߉षݭޥߴટ၇ٙˢԷස
At the Back to School Bash, Scarinci, wearing a blue few who made the appointment had been diagnosed at Birmingham; Nancy
Wright, director of the
ߒ 30%f
Ъʃଡ଼Ը೯࢝Όٙɿ᎕ᐖഄଫfμɰϞ
Operation Wipe Out T-shirt, is stationed at the La- with cancer — early-stage, totally treatable. A wry Cancer Prevention and
Fayette Rotary club’s tent, trying to sign up women look spreads across Scarinci’s face, “And I said, OK, Control Division of the
ഹଉՍٙࡈɛዝdᜫޥߴટ၇ٙࠠࠅһՈ Νࣛdϓϋɾცࠅ֛ಂᏨݟd˸کί
Alabama Department of
God, I got the message.”
for screening appointments at an upcoming mobile
Public Health;
clinic event. “When was your last cervical cancer ߤᜊମϓߧնᐖसʘۃ೯ତਪᕚfίڏࣧ
Ꮥᄌj1960 ϋ˾ڋಂd̦̔؍փᒔί⹒ሏಂ
Scarinci; and Bruce
screening?” she asks one woman who stops by, a Rogers, president of
ݼ࿁ɪd̦̔؍փ߈ഹᔝЍٙ࣬ৰБਗ
ගdίμϓڗٙˋГʃᕄቊுʃՅ௦ຌޥઋԨ few days later, in her ofice in Birmingham, the Rotary Club of
funnel cake in one hand, a fan in the other. Scarinci
Birmingham.
is a loquacious presence with a wide smile. She gives Scarinci is still thinking about the woman with
T ܮdታςίזجҧቃٟٙ੮ᐫࣙd༊ྡႭ
ݑषfμϋ๋ڗʘܝd̦̔؍փ͎ٙፋ੭ needle marks on her arm. Most cervical cancer
the woman the rundown. “Oh, girl, let me tell you,”
s
ഹΪவϣชݑԐ༩Ϟᓃർٙμ࣓࣓˒ܰஞd Ais a “disease of poverty,” she says. It’s prevent-he says. “It’s the only cancer we can truly prevent.” ɾజΤཫߒуਗ਼ᑘ፬ٙБਗൢהጜᏨݺ
Another woman, towing a couple of kids, has what able if people have access to vaccination and to reliable
ਗfμਪɓЗཀٙɾjЫɪϣɿ᎕ᐖ
խᝫቌ֢މ܀ɿટ၇ޥߴ˸ԣ˟வ၇शषf medical care. That’s part of the reason Alabama, a poor,
appear to be needle marks on her arms. She has sur-
vived cervical cancer, she tells Scarinci, who o£ ers rural state with a tattered social safety net, has been
ጜᏨ݊ʡჿࣛࡉkԟЗɾɓ˓ࣅഹဍ˗ஐ
νʦdቃՑ̦̔؍փீཀ࣬ৰБਗ০
to connect her to a cancer survivors support group. hit so hard. For Scarinci, though, Operation Wipe Out PHOTOGRAPH: COURTESY OF ISABEL SCARINCI
࿁εࡈ໊ෂᅧவධৃࢹfμ၈ϋჀɛʿՉ ጞdɓ˓ࣅഹࣂɿf̦̔؍փᐼ݊३࢙တࠦd
began not in Chambers County but across the globe
It’s slow going, with only a few sign-ups over the
course of the day, and no guarantee they will actually in Sri Lanka, where she became involved in a similar
ሔɦፋʲfμΣԟЗɾɻ༆ᙑjࡴdɾ
˨͎ცࠅႩᗆޥߴટ၇ٙࠠࠅdϾૠॶٙ৷
show up for the screening. But even if there’s only one. project sponsored by the Rotary Club of Birmingham.
ʕफॴʊ್ؚᚤᏐவධБਗfන੭ɓdૠ In the past 75 years, the medical understanding Scarinci has been doing this kind of work in under- ܀dҢ༧ЫႭdவ݊Ңࡁਬɓ̙˸ॆ͍ཫԣٙ
served Alabama communities for decades. Another of cervical cancer and its prognosis have changed
ॶٙစᑺආБڢ੬නлfμԫܝႭjҢՉ ᐖसf̤ɓЗ੭ഹࡈ܀ɿٙɾৎԸ˓
program she spearheaded has connected thousands
seismically. “Pre-World War II, more women in this
ᑑɪϞ০ˆ༦fμѓൡ̦̔؍փdμಀጩ
of Latina women with cancer screenings. Sitting be- country died from cervical [and uterine] cancer than
ྼҁΌʔცࠅᑺᇃfҢซν؈ϞᇃɿˀϾึ
ᜫҢһ˓ώ໔f ઃɿ᎕ᐖd̦̔؍փͭуڌͪᗴจᏍμᑌᖩ
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