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  • Community Sensitization Keeping Yellow Fever at Bay in Uganda

    November 26, 2022 |

    Metro FM 90.8 |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kasese

    In response to an outbreak of yellow fever, the Ugandan government launched an awareness campaign through media, door-to-door outreach, drama performances, and community health workers. The country also introduced a free vaccination program for babies between nine and twelve months old, which distributed vaccines to about 150 babies in one state within its first several weeks.

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  • Livestock insurance Keeping Livestock Farmers Afloat in Rwanda after Rift Valley Fever

    November 25, 2022 |

    AnFezaA |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Eastern Province

    Rwanda has a unique program that allows farmers to insure their livestock, such as dairy cows, productive pork, and chickens, against Rift Valley Fever. When animals die of the disease, farmers are compensated at a rate of 5.5 percent of the animal's value.

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  • Kenyans turn to tradition to fight rising heat

    November 24, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Katilu

    Kenyans are trading iron for grass, palm fronds, and water reeds to build roofs that keep their homes cooler during extreme heat waves.

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  • A French Village's Radical Vision of a Good Life with Alzheimer's

    November 23, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: France, Dax

    The Village Landais is part of a movement to make memory-care units less like hospitals and more like small neighborhoods. The Village is currently home to 108 people and strives to provide those with alzheimers a place to live that still allows them to maintain a sense of autonomy and choice to help enrich their lives.

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  • These Local Governments Are Using Federal Aid to Cancel Medical Debt

    November 22, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States

    With funding from city governments, the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt acquires and cancels medical debt by negotiating directly with hospitals. The only requirement is being under 400% of the federal poverty line and no application is necessary.

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  • La Lucha Sigue: Lessons From Latin America's Abortion Victories

    November 21, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    Attorneys and activists in Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina used a multipronged approach to legalize abortion that included grassroots organizing, strategically initiating lawsuits, and changing cultural narratives. The last part was key to the movements’ successes because changing the laws without changing the cultural understanding of abortion as a normal part of healthcare can lead to laws not being implemented or being overturned, like what happened in the United States in 2022.

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  • What should I do about PFAS in my water?

    November 21, 2022 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    Filtration systems can be installed in homes to remove PFAS from the water. Homeowners with contaminated water can use filtration methods like granular activated carbon, ion exchange resins, and reverse osmosis to essentially catch the particles while the water goes by.

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  • Tucson House staff, partners help young residents prepare for school

    November 21, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson C.A.R.E.S., through the public housing community Tucson House, provides resources and services like pop-up pet vaccine clinics, food assistance, eviction prevention and connections to physical and mental health care, to residents in need. Tucson C.A.R.E.S. referred about 700 residents to various service providers in its first year.

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  • Solar Powered Freezers: A Low Cost but High Impact Strategy Making Critical Vaccines Accessible in Southeast Kenya

    November 21, 2022 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Makindu

    The solar-powered freezer donated by Green Life Energy allows vaccines to be stored at the appropriate temperature, providing more access to necessary immunizations, specifically for those in rural communities. Nurses say the freezer box has the capacity to hold up to 500 doses of different vaccines, including polio, measles, tuberculosis, and the COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Nasarawa counts gains of BHCPF two years after launch  

    November 19, 2022 |

    International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nasarawa

    The Basic Health Care Provision Fund establishes government health facilities that allow people to access care for free. WHen the fund started in 2021, it had 16,000 enrollees and as of October 2022 there were 38,600 enrollees in the state.

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