The Balm In Gilead Launched The ISIS Project
A Cervical Cancer Initiative

(AANEWSWIRE)March 31, 2005 -- The Balm In Gilead Kicked-off The ISIS Project (Intimate Sessions for Informed Sexuality) - a Cervical Cancer Initiative to educate and empower Black women about cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes cervical cancer. Photo: Speakers and sponsor included (l to r) Erline Belton, Board President of The Balm In Gilead and President of the Lyceum Group; Pernessa Seele, President & CEO, The Balm In Gilead; Linda Alexander, Vice President, Women's Health for Digene Corporation; Reverend Dr. Susan Newman; Lucille C. Norville Perez, MD; and Janet Mitchell, MD.

The Balm In Gilead will immediately conduct a series of educational forums in five US cities of the ISIS Project. The cities include Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia.

Support for the ISIS Project is made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Digene Corporation. For additional information about The Balm In Gilead, Inc., visit www.balmingilead.org and for information on the ISIS Project, go to www.theisisproject.org.

Photographer: Barry I. Mason

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