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  • HIV advocacy group pioneers telehealth model in rural Alabama

    September 18, 2019 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Selma, Alabama

    What started out as a private phone line in a person's house to talk to people suffering from HIV/AIDS has now turned into a mobile e-health clinic that provides both education and medical support. The Medical Advocacy and Outreach Selma clinic aims to eliminate barriers, such as geographical location and stigma, for those with HIV/AIDS while also acting as a touchpoint for those with other primary and mental health care needs.

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  • States Lack Standards for Treating Opioid Dependent Pregnant Women -- Experts Say That's Ok

    September 18, 2019 |

    West Virginia Public Broadcasting |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    States typically do no employ an exact protocol for treating opioid-dependent pregnant women, but several states including Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky are working on addressing this gap in health care. Although each approach is fairly limited at this time, efforts to increase education amongst health care providers in order to reduce stigma and offering medication-assisted treatment, are practices that are still showing some promise.

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  • Pregnant Women Struggling with Addiction Say Doctors Turned Them Away. This Appalachian Clinic Is Changing That.

    September 17, 2019 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Knoxville, Tennessee

    The University of Tennessee Medical Center clinic has engaged a specific set of experts to form the High Risk Obstetrical Consultants team that focuses on treating opioid-addicted pregnant women as well as the infant after childbirth. The goal of the program is to stabilize the mother and then offer a choice for the rest of the pregnancy of either completely detoxing or remaining on medically assisted treatment.

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  • This East Tenn. Program Aims to Stop NAS by Reaching Women Behind Bars

    September 17, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Tennessee

    In Tennessee, health officials are fighting against the the opioid epidemic by educating opioid-affected pregnant women about neonatal abstinence syndrome. Although several approaches have been implemented, the Voluntary Reversible Long Acting Contraceptive Jail Initiative specifically provides resources to incarcerated women since studies show "women serving time in jails face a high risk of giving birth to a baby with NAS."

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  • This Dental Technique Saving Teeth And Money In Sudan Could Be Used Worldwide

    September 16, 2019 |

    Forbes |

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    Response Location: Sudan

    Dental work can be a less than fond experience for many, but a procedure developed in Sudan is helping to address the anxiety that often comes with treating cavities. The practice which caps a cavity rather than remove it, not only reduces the length of the procedure but is also much less invasive.

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  • This new program lets people text to access government food aid

    September 16, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Simplifying the enrollment process makes the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) more accessible to those who qualify. In Anchorage, Alaska, a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies funded a pilot program to help residents enroll in SNAP via text message. Instead of a complicated process, residents can simply text to receive information and begin their enrollment process.

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  • Access to medical care is difficult for the rural uninsured. This clinic comes to them.

    September 16, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Knoxville, Tennessee

    The St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic is a mobile health clinic bringing care to uninsured, rural residents in Tennessee. The initiative has reached nearly 250 people since it started, providing care to six different towns once per month. With the costs of health care without insurance being enough to turn people away from seeking it, this clinic provides medical evaluations, medicine, and lab work – all with the hope of rebuilding trust between communities and the healthcare system.

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  • Life-saving surgery but not by a doctor

    September 16, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia

    In Ethiopia, emergency surgical officers are helping to provide surgical care such as Cesarean sections, that is typically performed by surgeons. Although these health-care providers do not have the full training of surgeons, they have shown comparable success rates and played a significant role in reducing the rate of childbirth deaths.

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  • Bright spot: High schools that offer free mental health care

    September 14, 2019 |

    Oregon Live |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    In Oregon's Multnomah County, high schools provide school-based mental health care centers, which include access to an overall health assessment, a mental health counselor, and a behavioral health specialist at no out-of-pocket cost. One benefit of this program is that students who are visiting the center for a physical reason – such as headaches – have the opportunity to have potential underlying conditions that are related to mental health recognized.

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  • A new initiative is trying to make searching for tampons easier for Highland Park women. It's part of a national movement.

    September 12, 2019 |

    Chicago Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In 2013, the United Nations deemed access to menstrual supplies a human right. Since then, Illinois has taken a number of steps to make access to these products even easier. This story includes solutions such as free dispensers in public restrooms, eliminating the "luxury" or "tampon" tax, and drives to collect pads and tampons for low-income and homeless women.

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