National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Awardee Highlight: Alabama

Alabama Department of Public Health is on a mission to eliminate cervical cancer throughout the state.

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• Alabama. Operation Wipe Out Statewide Action Plan to Eliminate Cervical Cancer. Alabama Department of Public Health. National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. View of river outside Birmingham, Alabama.
• Celebrating 30 Years National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. For more than 30 years, CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) has provided access to timely breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to women who have low incomes and are uninsured and underserved. Alabama Department of Public Health is one of 71 programs awarded.
• Nancy Wright, MPH, Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Division, Alabama Department of Public Health.
• Gary Pugh, DO, Medical Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health
• View of water tower in Birmingham, Alabama.
• View of river outside of Birmingham, Alabama.
• Isabel Scarinci, PhD, MPH, Vice Chair for Global and Rural Health University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
• Warner Huh, MD, Chair, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
• View of Birmingham skyline.
• View of buildings in downtown Birmingham.
• Heather White, DrPH, Executive Director, TogetHER for Health.
• Street view of downtown Birmingham. 
• View of “It’s Nice to Have You In Birmingham” wall mural.
• Heather White speaking.
• Nancy Wright speaks with Isabel Scarinci and Dr. Deborah Smith in the lobby of University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Comprehensive Cancer Center.
• Nancy Wright speaking.
• Isabel Scarinci speaking.
• Isabel Scarinci and Gary Pugh speaking in the hallway at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
• Warner Huh speaking.
• Gary Pugh speaking.
• View of unpaved road in rural Alabama.
• Gary Pugh speaking.
• View of a rainbow over lush field and trees.
• “Alabama Cancer Prevention & Control” logo on Nancy Wright’s shirt sleeve.
• Nancy Wright speaking.
• Aerial view of fields and trees.
• Nancy Wright speaking.
• View of sunny sky peaking through trees.
• Isabel Scarinci speaking.
• Deborah Smith, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Quality of Life Health Services.
• Deborah Smith walking down a hallway at UAB Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
• View of road running through lush fields and trees in rural Alabama.
• View of a small home in rural Alabama.
• Isabel Scarinci speaking.
• View of Rotary International seal hanging on the wall.
• View of “Birmingham Business Journal 4th Annual Nonprofit Awards Nonprofit Award Winner” plaque.
• Dan Stephens, Executive Director, Rotary Club of Birmingham.
• Dan Stephens speaking on the phone in his office at the Rotary Club of Birmingham.
• Dan Stephens speaking.
• Isabel Scarinci speaking.
• Nancy Wright speaking.
• Nancy Wright and Deborah Smith hugging.
• Nancy Wright speaking.
• Isabel Scarinci speaking.
• Nancy Wright, Deborah Smith, and Isabel Scarinci speaking to each other and shaking hands over a table in a conference room.
• Warner Huh speaking.
• “Alabama Department of Public Health Est. 1875” logo on Nancy Wright’s shirt.
• Warner Huh speaking.
• Dan Stephens speaking.
• Dan Stephens working at his computer in his office.
• Dan Stephens speaking.
• View of “UAB” building.
• Isabel Scarinci and Gary Pugh hugging.
• Heather White speaking.
• Deborah Smith speaking.
• Isabel Scarinci, Deborah Smith, and Nancy Wright walking inside a UAB lobby.
• Deborah Smith speaking.
• Nancy Wright speaking.
• Warner Huh speaking.
• Heather White speaking.
• Nancy Wright looking into the camera.
• Gary Pugh looking into the camera.
• Deborah Smith looking into the camera.
• Dan Stephens looking into the camera.
• Heather White looking into the camera.
• Warner Huh looking into the camera.
• Isabel Scarinci looking into the camera.
• Nancy Wright speaking.
• Special Thanks: University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Warner Huh, MD, Chair, Isabel Scarinci, PhD, MPH, Vice Chair for Global and Rural Health; TogetHER for Health: Heather White, DrPH, Executive Director; Rotary Club of Birmingham: Dan Stephens, Executive Director; Alabama Department of Public Health: Gary Pugh, DO, Medical Officer, Nancy Wright, MPH, Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Division; National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
“National Association of Chronic Disease Directors” logo; “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” logo. The “Enhancing Cancer Program Grantee Capacity through Peer-to-Peer Learning” project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $600,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.