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Newly disabled people aren't given a 'how-to' guide. Disability doulas are closing those gaps.

Jasmine Mithani

July 26, 2023 |

The 19th |

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Response Location: United States

Disability doula work is the practice of helping a newly disabled person navigate life changes. It typically involves another disabled person sharing knowledge, resources and lived experiences to support someone in need. Through the work if disabled individuals offering services on their own, or through groups like Project LETS, disability doula work can help reduce feelings of shame, grief and loneliness newly disabled people often face.

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A Year With 988: What Worked? What Challenges Lie Ahead?

Colleen DeGuzman

July 26, 2023 |

KFF Health News |

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Response Location: United States

The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s 988 hotline reached its one-year milestone this month and has greatly increased the accessibility of mental health care. Since launching last July, 988 has received about four million calls, chats and texts. The hotline offers 24/7 support and the average response time is now down to 35 seconds, a dramatic decrease from the previous one minute and 20 seconds.

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Twin Falls Optimist Youth House has shown great success in the community; looking for community's help to expand

Elizabeth Hadley

July 26, 2023 |

KMVT-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Twin Falls, Idaho

The Twin Falls Optimist Youth House cares for at-risk youth and those who have aged out of the foster care system. Youth can join the program once they turn 18 and receive a place to live plus valuable life skills, employment and education assistance. The House opened five years ago and can house 17 people at a time, though there are plans to expand. Since opening, it has helped 50 kids in need.

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Rebuilding Health in Yobe State through PHC Rehabilitation and Social Equity Initiatives

Misbahu el-Hamza Hadiza Mohammed

July 24, 2023 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Yobe

To address gaps in healthcare access, the local government partnered with organizations like Plan International, German Cooperation and the World Bank’s Saving One Million Lives Project to build, refurbish and equip primary healthcare centers across the state to provide better care. As of May 2023, 138 centers have been built or upgraded, offering maternity care services, child healthcare, vaccinations and family planning among other services.

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Empowered volunteers war against neglected diseases in Plateau, Niger, FCT

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Uchenna Igwe Justina Asishana

July 22, 2023 |

The Nation (Nigeria) |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

Teams of Community Direct Distributors (CDD) are leading drug distribution campaigns to prevent and eliminate neglected tropical diseases in hard-to-reach, rural areas. These CDDs are members of the community they serve and are trained to educate the locals on disease prevention and administer the drugs themselves. With the CDDs’ help, several states have already eliminated some diseases and greatly reduced the spread of others.

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'Achieve your dreams at home'

Nora Mabie

July 22, 2023 |

Indian Country Today |

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Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, Browning, Montana

In 2019, Montana’s Blackfeet Community College launched its first four-year bachelor’s in nursing degree program with the goal of helping to address care shortages in the local Indigenous community. The program’s first graduate, who received her degree in 2023 and is now working as a long-term care nurse, said the college’s relationship-based approach helped her stick with her studies even through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How local, state programs are helping fill retiring doctors' ranks

Kelly Burch

July 22, 2023 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

Several state and local programs are emerging to fill the shoes of retiring doctors in the area, like the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) program. ANEW covers the cost of higher education for local nurses to become APRNs to then work as primary care nurse practitioners tto help address the lack of doctors and increase access to healthcare. So far, about 40 APRNs have graduated from the ANEWA program, 68% of which are from rural communities.

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Pushed to action (I) : How these Nigerian communities are fighting water insecurity

Ekpali Saint Violet Ikong

July 21, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Gbata, Nasarawa

Members of a water-insecure community mobilized to contribute a portion of their monthly stipends to repair and maintain the singular borehole providing water to the village. The community members — primarily women — also installed water taps throughout the community in locations like schools and mosques to ensure easy access to clean, safe drinking water.

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Indigenous wisdom meets Western medicine at this psychedelic therapy centre

David Minkow

July 20, 2023 |

The Discourse |

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Response Location: Canada

Roots to Thrive offers psychedelic-assisted therapy and through the Naut sa mawt Centre for Psychedelic Research the group works with universities across the country to advance the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Roots to Thrive specifically works to decolonize psychedelic-assisted therapy by forming relationships with Indigenous communities to learn from them. Psychedelic-assisted therapy has been shown to offer several benefits like treating symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD and allowing people to look inward to address past traumas.

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'A lifesaving tool': California's new mental health crisis line sees a surge in calls

Anabel Sosa

July 19, 2023 |

CalMatters |

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Response Location: United States, California

The three-digit mental health crisis hotline — 988 — allows peop;le in crisis to get in touch with a counselor immediately. Since launching a year ago, the state’s 12 crisis centers have received more than 280,000 calls. Due to increased need, crisis centers are making plans to expand their services by hiring more staff and developing Spanish language services.

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