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  • How Dobbs Triggered a ‘Vasectomy Revolution'

    The country’s only mobile vasectomy clinic, owned and operated by Esgar Guarín, works to get men to participate in contraception by getting a vasectomy, especially after the recent overturn of Roe v. Wade, and abortion bans across the country. Since the decision, there has been a massive spike in vasectomies. Throughout his career, Guarin has completed more than 3,000.

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  • Caring for kids with spina bifida can be difficult, but Nigerian parents are learning new ways of doing it

    The Festus Fajemilo Foundation teaches parents how to care for children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and helps fund treatment and surgery costs for families who can’t afford it. The foundation connects with parents through social media, radio, TV, and public lectures like its annual “Go-Folic” campaign which encourages women on the importance of folic acid and has reached 10,000 people so far.

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  • Why these health workers are spending their lives in South Africa's poorest villages

    The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation funds health education for students from poor, rural backgrounds. Upon graduation, these students are then more likely to practice medicine in the rural communities they call home, thus increasing access to care in those areas where it’s often scarce.

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  • How the Founder of the Nation's Only Indigenous Abortion Fund Is Expanding Reproductive Justice for a Community Long Denied It

    Indigenous Women Rising, is a health-care advocacy nonprofit supporting Indigenous people, which also runs the only abortion fund dedicated to Native Americans. The assistance of the IWR abortion fund extends to Native people nationwide and consists of funding for any element of abortion care that someone may need including paying for an abortion, transportation and lodging.

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

    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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  • Lack of child care forced her to delay cancer treatment. Then this Dallas group stepped in.

    Annie’s Place is a childcare center on the Parkland Health and Hospital System campus that provides free, drop-in childcare to Parkland patients and backup childcare for Parkland staff. Run by the nonprofit Mommies In Need, Annie’s Place makes it possible for patients to get the care they need, whether it be simple check-ups or chemotherapy, by providing an affordable, easily accessible childcare option.

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  • Nasarawa counts gains of BHCPF two years after launch  

    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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  • Haihuwa Lafiya: Preventing Maternal Mortality in Jigawa State One Trip at a Time

    The Maternal and Neonatal Emergency Transport Scheme helps to increase access to healthcare services for women and newborns in rural areas through its informal transport/ambulance service. There are currently 2,500 registered drivers with the program willing to transport those in need of care and they serve about 70-90 women in labor each month.

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  • Ko ėmėsi suomiai, danai ir estai, o Lietuva – dar ne: dėmesys mamų psichikos sveikatai prasideda jau nuo pirmojo skambučio

    Nėščiųjų ir neseniai gimdžiusių moterų emocinė sveikata Suomijoje, Danijoje ir Estijoje yra kur kas geresnės būklės nei Lietuvoje. Tą lemia nėščiąsias ir gimdyves prižiūrinčių profesionalų pasiruošimas užduoti taiklius ir reikalingus klausimus, gebėjimas identifikuoti, kam reikia pagalbos.

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

    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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