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Farmers Can be Isolated and Unsure How to Seek Support. One State is Trying to Help.

Kate Elizabeth Queram

January 13, 2021 |

Route Fifty |

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Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

The state of Wisconsin has launched a pilot initiative that aims to help farmers who are dealing with job stressors access mental health services including "a 24-hour wellness hotline, tele-counseling sessions and vouchers for in-person visits with participating mental health providers." While some of the services have proved more successful than the others, as a whole, use of the counseling services has increased, especially as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

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World in Progress: Colombian women access tele-abortions during pandemic

Victoria Stunt

January 13, 2021 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Colombia

In Colombia – where having an abortion can be stigmatizing, in some cases illegal, and now even more difficult due to the coronavirus pandemic – a clinic has set up a national hotline to help women who are up to 10 weeks pregnant aaccess to safe abortions at home. So far, the clinic has connected with 700 women.

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Human composting now legal, begins in Washington

Hannah Ray Lambert

January 12, 2021 |

KOIN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Wahkiacus, Washington

Instead of burying or cremating a body after the person has died, some are turning their loved ones into compost. Washington recently became the first state to approve human remains composting, which environmentalists heralded as a greener alternative because it uses less energy. Herland Forest, a natural burial cemetery, is doing one of the first licensed “natural organic reductions” using a “cradle” with wood chips, bacteria, fungi, and oxygen to help speed up the decomposition process. This can take several weeks, but it could become a popular option.

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Barbershops in Black communities provide information on COVID-19, vaccine

Becky Perlow Kenneth Moton

January 12, 2021 |

ABC News (American Broadcasting Company) |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Silver Spring, Maryland

In an effort to help get accurate information to the communities who are being disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, a program called Live Chair Health has started to train barbers "on chronic issues that disproportionately affect Black communities" and teach them "how to have conversations with their clients about the diseases." Aside from providing COVID-19 information, the initiative has helped patrons access primary care and address other medical issues such as high blood pressure.

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Three countries have pulled far ahead of the rest of the world in distributing Covid-19 vaccines

Annabelle Timsit

January 11, 2021 |

Quartz |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Israel

Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain have each "vaccinated a higher proportion of their populations than the rest of the world" due to strategies that included early approval of the vaccine, centralized and digitized health care data management, and cross-sector information campaigns. Although it's yet to be seen how these efforts will fare when the vaccine is released to the general public, they have proven to be successful for distribution to vulnerable people and communities.

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'We Don't Feel Forgotten At All': Alaska Fires Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Nat Herz

January 11, 2021 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Alaska

Alaska has achieved one of the highest vaccination rates in the country due to prioritizing access to the vaccine for rural and Indigenous residents. Using a myriad of transportation efforts – including a fleet of chartered planes, a water taxi drove, and sleds pulled behind snow machines – clinicians have been able to deliver thousands of doses to these remote communities.

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How a 'total market approach' reduced maternal mortality in Cross River

Kelechukwu Iruoma

January 08, 2021 |

TheCable |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

The Saving Mothers, Giving Life (SMGL) initiative in Cross River state is helping to address a gap in services that women had been facing during childbirth and reduce the state's and Nigeria's overall maternal mortality rates. The "total market approach" that this initiative used relied on training for birth attendants and better equipping health facilities. Since its launch, maternal health workers have reported a decrease in deaths and an increase in women willing to deliver at public hospitals in the region.

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Why West Virginia's Winning The Race To Get COVID-19 Vaccine Into Arms

Yuki Noguchi

January 07, 2021 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, West Virginia

West Virginia managed to deliver approximately 90% of the COVID-19 vaccine doses allocated to the state within a week by "charting its own path to vaccine distribution." Rather than rely on chain stores as part of the vaccination plan every other state has done, the West Virginia government partnered with local pharmacies who were already serving rural populations and long-term care facilities to piggyback off of those already-established relationships.

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CHOP financial wellness program helps local families recoup $700K

Jessica Blatt Press

January 07, 2021 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

A pediatric care center in Philadelphia has partnered with a nonprofit that "helps people with tax prep and asset-building" as well as an organization that provides financial counselors to offer young patients free, on-site help with their taxes. The initiative is modeled after Boston Medical Center' StreetCred program which has "returned more than $5.3 million to more than 2,700 low-income families since 2016."

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Black Women Find Healing (But Sometimes Racism, Too) in the Outdoors

Chandra Whitfield

January 06, 2021 |

Kaiser Health News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

To encourage more Black people to explore outdoors, individuals and organizations in Colorado are working to address underlying barriers such as access to transportation and gear, as well as fear and concerns of safety. Despite the groups still encountering "frustrating" incidents with other outdoor recreationalists, the movement has spread to other states and steadily attracted a growing community of members.

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