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  • How is Armenia Healing its New Generation of Men after Nagorno-Karabakh War?

    November 08, 2022 |

    Outriders |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Armenia, Yerevan

    The Zinvori Tun or “Soldier’s home” is a rehabilitation center that treats veterans with injuries or disabilities as a result of fighting in the war. About 300 veterans from the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War are currently receiving treatment at the center. There are also various treatment centers that have been established to treat mental wounds, like trauma and grief.

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  • Healthcare professionals help increase voter registration through outreach

    November 04, 2022 |

    KSTP-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Through the Vot-ER program, doctors, nurses, and other health care staff speak to their patients about registering to vote and provide important election information, even wearing badges with QR codes that patients can scan to access online voting resources. Since 2020, the initiative has helped more than 66,000 people register to vote or request a mail-in ballot, and more than 500 hospitals, clinics, and centers have participated.

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  • What has happened since Wales' 'Strongbow Tax' was brought in

    November 04, 2022 |

    Wales Online |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Wales

    In March 2020 Wales introduced a new minimum price for alcohol policy in an effort to cut down excessive drinking. Despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol sales dropped by 8.6% and six months after the new pricing was introduced, one in 10 said they have been drinking less as a result.

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  • States, tribes work to increase access to Native American healing

    November 04, 2022 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Houck, Arizona

    It’s becoming more common for hospitals and medical facilities to employ traditional healers. Traditional services are free for Native Americans at facilities operated by the Indian Health Service and other tribal health centers that allocate money from their budget to provide the necessary infrastructure and staff for onsite traditional healing, but there are several groups and individuals rallying for traditional healing to be reimbursable through Medicaid to make it more accessible.

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  • Collaborative care improves outcomes for those who are pregnant and addicted

    November 03, 2022 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

    The Substance Use Network (SUN) Project brings together partners in medicine, social services, criminal justice, and recovery services, to provide care for mothers with substance use disorder and their babies. The project is guided by a patient-centered approach that uses pregnancy as an opportunity to encourage someone into treatment and since its launch, more than 40 patients have been treated

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  • In Cameroon, epilepsy myths fuel stigma but a nonprofit is changing the narrative

    November 03, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Cameroon, Bamenda

    The Epilepsy Awareness, Aid, and Research Foundation is a nonprofit that fights to reduce stigma and discrimination against people living with epilepsy. The Foundation provides free basic healthcare, anti-epileptic medications, and even has a program that trains youth to raise awareness of epilepsy and the stigma surrounding it within their communities.

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  • Kids' health is impacted most by life outside a doctor's office, so Children's Hospital is treating social-economic wellness, too

    October 31, 2022 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    The Resource Connect program began in 2019 and works to connect families with children in need with necessary resources like food, diapers, and school supplies. The point is to address the factors outside the doctor’s office that affect children’s health. In the three years since it opened, Resource Connect has helped 4,235 patients get social services.

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  • The pilots flying passengers across US state lines for abortions

    October 30, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    Elevated Access was founded in response to the growing number of people being forced to cross state lines to obtain an abortion and connects those in need with volunteer pilots willing to help people make the trip. Since the supreme court stripped away federal abortion protection rights in June, Elevated Access has seen an uptick in volunteer pilots, with 870 pilots offering to transport patients across state lines.

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  • How Cleft Surgery Unites Families, Saves Lives

    October 29, 2022 |

    Daily Trust |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Smile Train is a non-government organization that helps families that are struggling financially to afford cleft lip and palate surgeries for their children in need. Since 2007, Smile Train has successfully paid for 31,000 successful surgeries and has a presence in 45 hospitals across the country.

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  • After Roe, abortion's underground railroad gains steam

    October 29, 2022 |

    Politico |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Poland

    Women Help Women is one of several organizations around the world that have formed to provide women with pills needed to complete an at-home medical abortion. An international group of doctors review online medical history questionnaires and provide women with prescriptions for the procedure. The groups are part of a network seeking to increase women's access to abortion as more and more countries pass laws limiting women's abortion access.

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