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  • Meet the doctor who is trying to change the perception of vasectomies

    The SimpleVas Vasectomy Clinic is a mobile clinic that travels around to provide easy access to vasectomies by simplifying the entire process. The mobile clinic travels nearly 600 miles around the state every month and has even traveled out to New York City to spread awareness. Through raising awareness of the procedure, the doctor in charge of the clinic now performs about 600 to 700 vasectomies a year.

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  • Avivo Village shines as solution for unsheltered homelessness in Minneapolis

    Avivo Village provides shelter for those experiencing homelessness and assists them in securing their own permanent housing. Avivo Village is specifically for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness and offers a safer option than staying in encampments. As of December, Avivo Village helped 119 secure housing and every time a person moves out, the Village moves in someone else from an encampment.

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  • Bronx Residents Got Rid of Their Gas Stoves. Their Air Quality Improved.

    A pilot program in New York City improved public housing residents’ air quality by swapping their gas stoves with electric induction stoves.

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  • How building toilets helped Embu county manage Cholera Part 2

    Ili kukabiliana na ugonjwa wa Kipindupindu, zaidi ya kuhimiza wakaaji kujenga choo, kaunti ya Embu pia inaelimisha wanakijiji kutumia choo na kukuwa wasafi kupitia wanafunzi, viongozi wa vijiji na madaktari wa nyanjani. Kupitia mbinu hizi idara ya afya imeweza kupunguza kesi za kipindupindu.

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  • How breast milk banks could avert the next formula crisis

    Amidst the ongoing formula shortage, breast milk donations to milk bands are helping hospitals care for vulnerable newborns. Milk banking started in Brazil in the 1980s, and today the country runs 228 of the 750 milk banks around the world.

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  • How building toilets helped Embu county manage Cholera PART 1

    Uchimbaji wa vyoo na kuelimisha jamii kuhusu umuhimu wa kujenga na kutumia vyoo kumesaidia kuangamiza ugonjwa wa kipindupindu kaunti ya Embu.Idara ya afya inatumia madaktari wa nyanjani wakujitolea kuelemisha watu umuhimu wa kujenga na kutumia choo kwa njia nzuri.Wanahakikisha kuwa kila boma limejenga angalau choo kimoja.

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  • Mental Health: How Nigerian Students are Getting the Support They Need

    The Renovaré Mental Health Initiative fills the mental health care gap with peer counseling and trains students on how to provide basic counseling and mental health aid, which increases access to important mental health care services. Since its inception, the initiative has trained over 100 peer counselors. It has also organized various seminars to educate people on the consequences of not treating mental illnesses.

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  • Weed once chocking Lake Victoria is now our main source of fuel

    A biogas facility in Dunga, Kenya, takes in the invasive water hyacinth plant and other organic waste, shreds the material, breaks it down with bacteria in an anaerobic digester, and uses the gas produced to provide cooking fuel to locals. The biogas is a cheaper, cleaner alternative to other fuels like wood and charcoal.

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  • Teachers and Parents as Partners builds teams to help kids

    Teachers and Parents and Partners, or TAPP, facilitates communication between teachers and parents to help students who may be experiencing mental health struggles by monitoring and discussing behaviors at home and school. TAPP is being tested in big cities and small towns, but there’s an emphasis on rural school districts.

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  • Caregivers in Michigan are reaching a breaking point

    Caregivers who step up to the plate to care for friends or family members are often overworked and underpaid. To remedy this, several organizations and measures at both the local and national levels are emerging to provide support. For example, the RAISE Family Caregivers Act became law in 2018 and is designed to create a nationwide strategy on how government officials can better support caregivers. On a local level, nonprofits like Team Suzy provide financial support and resources to those suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s who can’t afford necessary supplies.

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