The Gates War on HPV Leads to Remote Mali and a Novel Way to Educate Women – Inside Philanthropy: Fundraising Intelligence

De Groot recruited Eliza Squibb, recent Rhode Island School of Design graduate and global textiles expert, to help create a storytelling cloths that could accurately and attractively convey linkages between HPV and cancer, and teach Malian women about the benefits of the HPV vaccine. In collaboration with De Groot, Squibb produced a brightly-colored and medically sound storytelling cloth prototype. In blue, yellow, and orange, the cloth illustrates how vaccines prevent HPV infection, and how, unimmunized, women are prone to contracting HPV and potentially developing cancer.

via The Gates War on HPV Leads to Remote Mali and a Novel Way to Educate Women – Inside Philanthropy: Fundraising Intelligence – Inside Philanthropy.

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