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Union Health Plan Provides Much-Needed Safety Net

David Bacon

December 15, 2022 |

Capital & Main |

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Response Location: United States, Salinas, California

The Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan makes healthcare for union workers more affordable and accessible, providing workers with a much-needed safety net. The RFK plan covers about 3,000 members of the United Farm Workers — which consists of about 7,500 people, including spouses and children.

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What Germany's Coal Miners Can Teach America About Medical Debt

Noam N. Levey

December 14, 2022 |

Kaiser Health News |

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Response Location: Germany, Puttlingen

Germany, like the U.S., has a largely private healthcare system that relies on private doctors and private insurers. Like Americans, many Germans enroll in a health plan through work, splitting the cost with their employer. But Germany strictly limits how much patients have to pay out of their own pockets for a trip to the doctor, the hospital, or the pharmacy, making medical debt practically nonexistent.

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The rate of out-school children in Nigeria is alarming, but one initiative is taking children off the streets in Gombe

Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim

December 14, 2022 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

The founder of the Uncle Muhsin Education Support Initiative uses his own resources to offer in-person and virtual classes for free to young Nigerians who are out of school. He also offers classes for children in school who do not understand all of their subjects.

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Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis

Noam N. Levey

December 14, 2022 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Germany, Saarland

Unlike the U.S., in Germany medical debt is almost nonexistent because the country limits how much patients have to pay out-of-pocket for doctor and hospital visits and medications. Affordable access to health care has made German patients less likely than Americans to die from conditions that can be treated with good access to care, such as heart attacks, diabetes, pneumonia, and some cancers.

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Colorado community colleges doubled their graduation rate by better meeting student needs

Jason Gonzales

December 13, 2022 |

Chalkbeat Colorado |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

Community colleges in Colorado increased graduation rates by reforming remedial class programs, making sure students' food and housing needs are met, and improving academic advising.

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Many schools find ways to solve absenteeism without suspensions

Tara Garcia Mathewson Maria Polletta

December 13, 2022 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Arizona

Arizona schools are tackling a rising lack of attendance after the pandemic by helping to address the problems keeping students from school instead of immediately suspending them for absences.

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Treating Farmworkers on Their Terms

David Bacon

December 13, 2022 |

Capital & Main |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Salinas, California

Community health clinics provide a space for indigenous people to access both traditional and nontraditional medicine as there’s a significant disconnect between indigenous communities and modern healthcare institutions. These community clinics increase healthcare access for indigenous communities and present care in an easily accessible way by taking language and cultural barriers into consideration.

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The Working Approach, This Not-For-Profit Is Changing Out-of-School Incidence in Northern Nigeria

Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi

December 12, 2022 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

Girlsforhealth helps girls interested in furthering their education who are unable to access a nursing education, pays for their school, and provides essentials and a monthly stipend. At the end of their education, the girls are employed at a workplace back in their communities to fill staff shortages.

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Rising death rate: group takes fight against malaria to high-burdened rural Nigerian communities

Abdulrasheed Hammad

December 12, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Danja, Katsina

To help address rising death rates caused by malaria, the Society for Family Health distributes insecticide nets to residents in rural communities for free and educates them on the importance of using them to protect against malaria-causing mosquito bites. The group has distributed 122.5 million nets between 2009 and 2021 and also provides diagnostic testing for malaria and advocates for more investing from government officials to address the disease.

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How a Tucson-based program surrounds college students with support to get jobs with living wages

John Washington

December 09, 2022 |

Arizona Luminaria |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

JobPath provides students at or below the poverty level in Tucson, Arizona, with money, mentorship, and soft skills training to help eliminate the barriers that keep them from finishing school.

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