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  • How indoor residual spraying helping to fight Malaria in Rwanda

    Indoor Residual Spraying is being used as an intervention to reduce the transmission of malaria. Trained teams spray the insecticide in about 10 homes a day. Since this method of prevention was introduced in 2007, there has been a significant decrease in malaria cases. From 2016 to 2022, malaria cases went from 409 per 1,000 people to just 76 cases and deaths fell by more than 89%.

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  • Women in Nasarawa community utilize government's stipend to provide portable water

    The Conditional Cash Transfer program provides a monthly stipend to low-income individuals. The program was implemented in six local government areas and benefits over 48,000 people. Thanks to the funds from the program, several local women were able to pool their stipends together to repair their area’s only borehole to ensure locals have access to clean water.

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  • How Black Americans Are Reclaiming Outdoors Spaces — and Their Health

    Groups like Black People Who Hike, Good Co. Bike Club and Black Women Who are emerging across the country to challenge the stigma and racial discrimination people of color face in outdoor, recreational spaces. Studies show that interacting with nature can have significant health benefits. These groups strive to increase diversity access to these outdoor spaces as a way for people of color to find joy and healing outdoors.

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  • In Minneapolis, three-fourths of kids with elevated levels of lead are children of color. These workers are trying to do something about that.

    The Minneapolis City Health Department Health Homes team does community outreach in the neighborhoods with the highest elevated lead levels. Team members visit homes to inform parents about the dangers of lead, direct them to helpful resources, and test kids’ lead levels to help prevent long-term effects. If a house is deemed at risk of lead exposure, the team will inspect it and provide recommendations on how to eliminate the risk.

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  • On the Brink of Homelessness, San Diego Woman Wins the Medi-Cal Lottery

    California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is piloting a program that covers rental move-in costs for low-income people in need, specifically those experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The goal is to keep people out of expensive institutions, like emergency rooms, by providing services like housing assistance and healthy food. So far, 20 locals have received Medi-Cal’s housing move-in assistance.

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  • Making It Easier For Kids To Get Help For Addiction, And Prevent Overdoses

    Students at Arlington Public Schools are being trained to carry and administer Narcan to help reduce the rising number of opioid overdose deaths, specifically among young people. Programs like this and access to treatment like Suboxone help make it easier for youth to find recovery and prevent drug overdoses.

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  • Program knits together community for isolated seniors

    Reduce Social Isolation and Lift Outcomes for Seniors (SILOS) is a free program for adults age 50 and up that aims to decrease loneliness and help them stay connected. SILOS pairs participants with a community health worker who checks in regularly and shares lists of nearby events and activities for the participant to take advantage of, all in an effort to foster community and address the public health crisis of loneliness.

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  • How a Salina school program helps connect students with mental health services

    The Mental Health Intervention Team at Salina Public Schools makes mental health care more accessible by using grant money to hire school liaisons to assist and provide mental health services to students at school. Within the 2022-2023 academic year alone, 635 students were served and 76% of them improved their school attendance, while 65% saw improvement in their academic performance.

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  • Community paramedicine: Local medical program offers new kind of house call

    The Mobile Integrated Healthcare program follows a practice known as community paramedicine, allowing paramedics to use their skills to care for patients outside of emergency settings, reducing the need for excessive ER visits, lowering healthcare costs and increasing access to care. Similar programs have emerged throughout the country, seeing a significant decrease in the number of ambulance rides and ER visits.

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  • To Reduce Infant Mortality, Just Add Stable Housing

    Healthy Beginnings At Home provides rental assistance and housing support to pregnant women in unstable housing situations. The program originally started as a research study and proved that providing adequate housing support led to reduced infant mortality. The program helps connect those in need with affordable housing and even covers rent for several months while the moms get adjusted.

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