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  • URMC artist in residence fights stigmas with portraits

    April 04, 2018 |

    City Newspaper (Rochester) |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Painter and performance artist Charmaine Wheatley creates portraits with the goal of humanizing people with parts of their life that are misunderstood or stigmatized by others. For the “Humanizing is Destigmatizing” project, Wheatley is an artist in residence at the University of Rochester Medical Center creating portraits of people with HIV and mental health diagnoses.

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  • Providing youth-friendly health services key in fighting teenage pregnancies

    April 03, 2018 |

    New Vision |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Iganga, Iganga District

    Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU) Clinic is taking a youth centered approach towards teaching reproductive health. Their methods, which include having youth days, hiring youth peer counselors, and providing private rooms for youth to discuss their sexual health, allow them to reach teenagers. “As a result, their uptake of contraception has increased.”

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  • Dentists at Asian Health Services Screen for Depression

    April 02, 2018 |

    Oakland Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Dentists at the Asian Health Services Group in Oakland added a screening for mental health to their pre-appointment paperwork. Due to language barriers and cultural reluctance to acknowledge mental health issues, many Asians, especially seniors, were suffering from depression without help. Last year, the program referred 10 people to mental health services and Asian Health Services was contacted by a large dental provider to learn about the initiative.

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  • Could venomous snails be part of the solution to the opioid epidemic?

    April 02, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Patients who experience chronic pain are commonly prescribed opiates. Over time, their tolerance to the medication builds up and they must increase their dose to maintain the positive effects of opiates, often leading to addiction problems. A neurotoxin found in a venomous sea snail is proving to be more effective in relieving chronic pain because it works better over time and it is non-addictive.

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  • Exchange of Ideas: Needle Exchanges Grow To Meet Threats From Opioid Crisis

    March 30, 2018 |

    Ohio Valley ReSource |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Sharing stories about addiction brings stakeholders together. With the cost of prevention being much lower than the cost of treating outbreaks disease and overdoses, advocates for needle exchanges have sought to open more centers in Kentucky. Despite initial opposition from the Bourbon County community, groups like the Recovery Warriors have succeeded, by holding meetings and sharing experiences, to ultimately pass a motion to open the county’s first needle exchange.

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  • These Moroccans are turning foggy days into a solution to their water crisis

    March 29, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Morocco

    Water was scarce in the Moroccan Ait Baamrane tribal region, which meant women and children often had to travel great distances to fetch water from wells. A new technology that harvests water from fog, however, has changed their way of life by generating enough clean drinking water for the entire region.

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  • The Medicine Woman: Emory Researcher Takes Up Fight Against Superbugs

    March 28, 2018 |

    WABE |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Cassandra Quave is searching for a cure to drug-resistant infections using plant medicines. She and her team recently tested a topical ointment made from peppertree extract on mice that they had infected with drug-resistant bacteria. Although the drug is not ready for clinical trials, it showed promising results in stopping the proliferation of the bacteria.

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  • Changing the mindset of the healthcare system

    March 28, 2018 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Alaska’s Southcentral Foundation has implemented “integrated” primary care which brings together a patient’s primary care and behavioral health providers as well as navigators, legal assistance, and nutritionists all within the same “wellness team.” This model helps providers view the patient holistically and improves the coordination of care among different providers.

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  • When tokhang takes your children away

    March 27, 2018 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: Philippines

    Community groups and organizations are helping women deal with the deaths of their sons due to a drug war that has killed thousands in the Philippines. One of those organizations is Baigani, which takes family out of town for a family therapy event. “The women share their skills, their strengths, and together, attendees and counsellors, suggest plausible livelihood and jobs that they could take on.”

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  • Meet the Muslim Women Fighting for Sex Ed in Their Communities

    March 27, 2018 |

    Teen Vogue |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The organization HEART Women & Girls was founded by Muslim women to provide a means for young women to receive culturally sensitive sex education, a safe space to discuss issues of sexuality and sexual violence, and to train staff of community centers, mosques, and other appropriate people to better handle issues of sexuality.

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