Our patient navigator (in purple), Milly Terry, organizes a women’s meetup in her community.
Community Service
Education & Awareness:
The African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association, impacts thousands of lives through breast cancer education. AWCAA is focused on both improving knowledge and increasing awareness about cancer across the African immigrant community. We conduct various community outreach activities delivered by trained cultural ambassadors. Our trained cultural ambassadors organize events in their respective communities while leveraging the support of local partners including but not limited to churches, mosques, community centers, grocery stores, beauty salons, schools, and embassies. Through their efforts, AWCAA has reached thousands of African immigrants through community outreach events in Prince George’s County, Montgomery County, Washington DC, and Virginia.
Patient Navigation Services:
Recognizing that several factors including cultural beliefs, education level, and fear contribute to how one decides to obtain care, AWCAA has remained committed to delivering culturally appropriate support services to the women and families we serve. We provide patient navigation services to underserved, under privileged, and under insured African immigrant women, supporting them as they move through the continuum of care from awareness and prevention to treatment and survivorship.
Our patient navigation services help bridge the gap for African immigrant woman facing breast cancer. Most barriers we aim to address through our patient navigation program which include:
By helping women navigate the large and complex health care system, we help to break barriers of silence in the African communities and change lives one woman at a time.
