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  • هل جراحة الترميم هي ما تحتاجه نساء أثّر الختان على حياتهن؟

    ألمى حسون

    February 06, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Egypt

    تزايد الترويج لعملية ترميم البظر داخل مصر كحل لمشكلة الختان، لكن هل هناك فعلا حاجة لعمل جراحي؟ تطرح القصة أسئلة عن مدى فاعلية هذا الحل في ظل غياب توثيق لنتائج العمليات.

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  • Smallpox used to kill millions of people every year. Here's how humans beat it.

    Kelsey Piper

    February 05, 2021 |

    Vox |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The eradication of smallpox offers lessons and insight for health officials and governments focused on containing the novel coronavirus and avoiding future pandemics. Although COVID-19 presents unique challenges – such as asymptomatic transmission – lessons from the smallpox era show that "a well-funded, well-supported public health system" was a key to success.

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  • Innovation, bonuses may help curb Michigan's home health care shortage

    Ted Roelofs

    February 05, 2021 |

    Bridge Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    A home health care agency in New York has "become a nationwide model" for hiring and retaining home health aids. Crucial to the program's success is a series of incentives offered to employees such as "subsidies to pay for college courses and career advancement," continuous training, guaranteed hours, and insurance. Although the implementation of this program may not be financially feasible in other areas, it has created a noticeable loyal workforce for the industry.

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  • Antibody infusions are stemming Covid hospitalizations in Lafayette

    Nicole Mistretta

    February 04, 2021 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Louisiana

    Hospitals in Louisiana are using a monoclonal antibody infusion treatment to help the most at-risk patients recover from Covid-19. Although this treatment comes with limitations – including a 10-day window of when it must be administered – it has shown significant overall mortality declines when used.

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  • More than goodwill: New tactics used to attract new healthcare talent as shortages grow

    Sydney Kornegay Afi Scruggs

    February 04, 2021 |

    FreshWater Cleveland |

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    Response Location: United States, Lorain, Ohio

    An initiative to draw more people to entry-level healthcare professions is seeing success in Ohio. A collaboration of healthcare employers is training and promoting employees to “strengthen the healthcare employee pipeline.”

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  • These States Found the Secret to COVID-19 Vaccination Success

    Elaine S. Povich

    February 02, 2021 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Only a few states in the U.S. have had a successful COVID-19 vaccine rollout, but the ones that did relied on similar tactics: a centralized operation, local collaborations, and an early reliance on the National Guard to set up clinics. Although these strategies weren't without limitations, they have yielded better vaccination rates than those states that took other routes.

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  • Georgia's Mental Health Champions

    Tina (Tiko) Tsomaia Ia Shalamberidze

    February 02, 2021 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Georgia

    Across Georgia, a community-based mental health care approach has decreased both the duration and frequency of hospitalization for clients. This approach relies on mental health and other healthcare specialists delivering care to clients via mobile teams.

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  • Displaced but not forgotten: Organisations delivering family planning services to Abuja's IDP camps

    Chibuike Alagboso

    February 02, 2021 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Covid-19 pandemic complicated health care for women living in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Nigeria who already lacked access to family planning services and education, but collaborative efforts are working to change this. Through collective action, a group of non-profits worked together to create a one-day outreach event that provided education and trained community members to carry on the work.

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  • LRT ieško sprendimų: kodėl Danija skiepija greičiau nei kitos ES šalys?

    Greta Klimkaitė

    February 02, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Denmark

    Danijoje visuomenė nuo COVID-19 per pandemiją buvo skiepijama kur kas sparčiau, nei kitose Europos šalyse. Su kiekvienu piliečiu šalyje per sveikatos elektroninę sistemą susisiekiama, paskiriamas vakcinacijos laikas, vykdoma plati informavimo apie skiepų naudą kampanija, aiškinama apie tai, kodėl vienos socialinės grupės turi prioritetą pasiskiepyti anksčiau negu kitos. Ko galėtų pasimokyti Lietuva?

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  • Testris - The positive rate game: Rwanda

    Lola García-Ajofrín

    February 02, 2021 |

    Outriders |

    Game |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Before the first case of Covid-19 was reported within country borders, Rwanda had already started preparations – including a testing strategy and contact tracing – to prevent the spread of the virus. Although resources were limited, they were able to use a pool testing strategy instead of individual testing, which allowed them to save both time and resources.

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