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Rural Feeding Center Serves More than Nutrition to Children With Cleft Defects

Rhonet Atwiine

November 01, 2023 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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Response Location: Uganda

The Good Samaritan Nutritional Center supports mothers and their babies born with cleft palates in obtaining proper nutrition in order to be eligible for corrective surgery. The Center partners with local health facilities to perform the surgeries. The initiative has been active for 20 years now and has served over 15,000 children.

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What will it take for Arizona's gay bars to stop overdoses?

Joseph Darius Jaafari

October 24, 2023 |

LOOKOUT Phx |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

In an effort to combat overdoses in the LGBTQ+ community, some local spaces — like gay bars — are carrying Narcan. While not every gay bar in the area is on board with carrying Narcan, there are several individuals and local organizations working to push these venues to make a change and helping to ensure people who need it can access the potentially life-saving drug if they need it.

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Finding support as you find your authentic self: LGBTQ+ resources for youth

Zinta Aistars

October 23, 2023 |

Watershed Voice |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Organizations like OutFront are offering safe spaces with a variety of programs and services for LGBTQ+ youth. From providing access to education and accurate information to connecting youth with LGBTQ+ mentors and providing housing for those experiencing homelessness, OutFront allows LGBTQ+ youth to form connections and community in person and online through the group’s Discord server.

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Genetic testing: a new tool in prescribing mental-health meds

Julie Riddle

October 23, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Some medical professionals and companies like Genemarkers are using pharmacogenomic testing (PGx) to test a patient’s genetic makeup to see how they may metabolize certain drugs. This process has been around for years but is starting to pick up speed in the mental health care scene to allow doctors to prescribe medications with greater accuracy.

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Niger girls learn about menstruation to stay in school, tackle stigma

Hamzat Abaga

October 21, 2023 |

Daily Nigerian |

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Response Location: Niger

In Niger, an initiative challenging menstrual stigma is promoting knowledge and hygiene through community engagement and mentorship. Since 2019, the foundation has reached over 20 schools, 35 communities, more than 3,000 women and girls.

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Beauty Beyond The Scars

Rhonet Atwiine

October 20, 2023 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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Response Location: Uganda

The Y+ Beauty Pageant empowers young people living with HIV to embrace their diagnosis and advocate for others despite the stigma associated with the condition. Participants in the beauty pageant then go out into their communities to be changemakers and lead education and awareness campaigns. Since 2014, the pageant has reached over 50,000 people through its various campaigns.

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One answer to the youth mental health crisis? Asking Colorado students how they're feeling

Leigh Paterson

October 18, 2023 |

KUNC |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

New legislation in Colorado will implement statewide mental health screenings, expanding existing programs in schools and health centers. For example, Glenwood Springs High School has had a screening program in place since 2020. The school's health center provides care ranging from dental exams to counseling and served over 2,500 students last year.

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In Spain, a movement is fighting the mental illness stigma

Sara Plaza Mar Sala Kike Castro

October 18, 2023 |

Sphera |

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Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

The Mad Pride movement and groups like Orgullo Loco work to protect the rights of people seeking psychiatric care, as many report traumatic experiences with psychiatric hospitals like being forcibly checked in and given harmful treatments like electroshock therapy. The groups provide a sense of community, host events for members and organize demonstrations to rally support and advocate for policy change.

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Colorado is paying parents to take care of children with disabilities, a pandemic benefit that's sticking around

Jennifer Brown

October 17, 2023 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

During the pandemic, caregivers stopped entering people’s homes, so Medicaid restructured to pay parents to provide care for their children with disabilities rather than hired help. About 1,200 families across the state signed up for the program, making $15 an hour for up to 10 hours a week teaching those with disabilities “homemaker” tasks like cooking and cleaning.

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Medical aid from Minnesota offers a lifeline to Somaliland's poor

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

October 16, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Minnesota

A pair of doctors are working to make healthcare more accessible and affordable by training area hospitals to use new technology, like ultrasound devices, to detect non-communicable diseases. Through their newly established non-communicable disease clinic staffed with personnel trained to provide more precise medical care, about 1,100 patients have been cared for.

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