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  • Initiative recruits barbers and beauticians in community health efforts

    September 19, 2018 |

    Niagara Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Niagara Falls, New York

    Barbers in Niagara are using the casual intimacy of their client relationships to offer needed healthcare. They now recommend clients to clinics and provide educational materials.

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  • 'It's a revolution': Indian officials deliver public services at people's doorsteps

    September 17, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    To reduce corruption, the Delhi government has begun delivering public services to residents’ doorsteps. Now it’s possible to get a driver license, marriage certificate, and more from the comfort of home—no long lines or bribes required.

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  • Simple but effective: The community mobilisers driving immunization in Borno State

    September 17, 2018 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    In Nigeria, a lack of immunizations has contributed to increased rates of childhood mortality. However, Volunteer Community Mobilizers are actively changing this trajectory by conducting in-home visits and providing resources that aid in mobilizing families to have their children vaccinated at local clinics.

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  • Professional Hand-Holders

    September 17, 2018 |

    Finding Fixes |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Washington’s Snohomish County has implemented a program that embeds social workers with the police. The program has been an effective method to bring services to people in need rather than arrest and process them as criminals.

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  • The Jail

    September 17, 2018 |

    Finding Fixes |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Inmates in Snohomish County jails who have substance use disorder are now being given suboxone to help them manage withdrawal symptoms. Upon release, people are also being provided with supports to connected them with services and ensure that they do not overdose due to the change in their tolerance after a partial withdrawal.

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  • Gun sellers emerge as unlikely ally in fight against suicides

    September 17, 2018 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, St. George, Utah

    A Utah shooting range is part of a growing voluntary movement among gun shop owners and firearm sellers focuses on educating staff about warning signs of suicide in an effort to reduce the number of people using guns to kill themselves. One effort, the Gun Shop Project, has spread to 10 states and there are similar partnerships in about 10 more. Experts say suicide attempts with firearms usually end in death and restricting access to guns in those situations can be very effective.

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  • The Clinic

    September 17, 2018 |

    Finding Fixes |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    A clinic in Snohomish County, Washington provides comprehensive treatment for their clients by working to understand their past and their drivers of addiction, and providing medication-assisted recovery. In order to medication like suboxone for the large number of clients, the clinic is part of a national network that can prescribe medication through telemedicine.

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  • Teens Teach Seniors How To Use Tech While Learning Valuable Job Skills

    September 14, 2018 |

    KNME-PBS |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    A new program connects tech savvy teens with seniors to help them learn how to use their phones, computers, and other devices. Seniors are provided with patient, knowledgeable support while teens learn job skills and earn money.

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  • Berlin's mayor tries to wean Germans off the water bottle

    September 14, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Although commonplace in many parts of the world, Berlin has recently adopted the practice of using water fountains to cut back on plastic bottle usage. Not everyone supports this environmental push, but the mayor is hopeful they will at least catch on with tourists who are accustomed to the invention already as well as act as a resource for refilling plastic bottles rather than throwing them away.

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  • One-stop health shop for Kenyan pastoralists

    September 13, 2018 |

    The East African |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    In order to reach a pastoralist community with health services, a mobile health clinic called the Kimormor has been deployed in northern Kenya. Treating both people and livestock, the Kimormor has provided family planning, antenatal care, and child health services to this community.

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