By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: September 26, 2011
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POYAI, Thailand — Maikaew Panomyai did a little dance coming out of the examination room, switching her hips, waving her fists in the air and crowing, in her limited English: “Everything’s O.K.! Everything’s O.K.!”
Small Fixes
A special section on low-cost innovations that can save thousands of lives.
Vinegar to Fight Cervical Cancer
Stamp-Sized Liver Tests
Sharing the Burden of AIDS
Poisonous Mosquito Delicacies
One AIDS Fix Progresses Slowly
Preventing H.I.V. in Babies
One Entrepreneur’s Vision
A Global Triumph From Tiny Errors
Thailand’s Village Volunteers
Why Simple Ideas are Sometimes Complex
In the Field
Vitamins for Babies
Self-Adjustable Eyeglass Lenses
Bubbles for Babies
A Biodegradable Toilet
The Compression Suit
The Year-Long Straw
An Outhouse That Recycles
The Sari Filter
Overdose Rescue Kits
Shining a Light on Jaundice
Texting Away Counterfeit Drugs
Safe Birth Kits
Cheap Showers
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The New York Times
Thailand is a leader in adopting the cryotherapy technique.
Translation: The nurse just told me I do not have cervical cancer, and even the little white spot I had treated three years ago is still gone.
What allowed the nurse to render that reassuring diagnosis was a remarkably simple, brief and inexpensive procedure, one with the potential to do for poor countries what the Pap smear did for rich ones: end cervical cancer’s reign as the No. 1 cancer killer of women. The magic ingredient? Household vinegar.
via In Thailand, an Innovative Fight Against Cervical Cancer – NYTimes.com.