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  • How Native Americans launched successful coronavirus vaccination drives: ‘A story of resilience'

    May 26, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Comprehensive COVID-19 vaccination strategies helped some Native American Nations achieve high vaccination rates. Tribal sovereignty gave Nations the flexibility to create their own methods of distributing the vaccine and allowed officials to distribute doses to hard-to-reach areas – even by dog sled in Alaska. They could prioritize who to vaccinate and diversify how vaccines were offered – from private appointments to mass-vaccination events – to ensure broad accessibility. Medical professionals, tribal leaders, and Native youth used social media to share information and encourage people to get vaccinated.

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  • The Healing Force of Family

    May 24, 2021 |

    Stanford Social Innovation Review |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: India

    Through the use of video storytelling classes, two graduate students developed a pilot project that is helping to "teach medical caregiving skills to families of cardiac patients" in India. The project proved so helpful during the initial stages that a local hospital adopted the training program and it is now being implemented across other regions as well.

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  • How a village in India reached 100% vaccination in the face of misinformation and hesitancy

    May 21, 2021 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: India, Janefal

    To increase the rate of those receiving the Covid vaccine, the village of Janefal in India implemented a public awareness campaign founded on building trust with local community members. Leading the charge was a task force comprised of public health officials. The group set up a vaccination camp in the village so that residents didn't have to travel to a hospital, which was successful enough to inspire other villages to ask Janefal's Primary Health Centre to serve their areas as well.

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  • From Appalachian Cities to Hollers, Community Health Workers Are a ‘Course Correction to Inclusion'

    May 18, 2021 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Awareness is growing that community health workers (CHWs) are an effective way to address social determinants of health and reduce health inequities. The success of CHWs is due to the fact that they share life experiences with their patients and their ability to build trust. For example, the cadre of CHWs working in rural and urban Appalachia go into their patients’ homes to provide fundamental care – like monitoring vital signs and blood sugar -- and discuss quality-of-life issues – like nutrition and exercise. Being in the home allows them to gain insight that doctors in an office don’t have access to.

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  • Pop-up clinics reaching Utah's vaccine hesitant communities

    May 18, 2021 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ogden, Utah

    Pop-up vaccination sites in Utah are helping to eliminate barriers for those in the community who want to receive a Covid vaccination. By bringing the vaccinations directly to the individual communities, health care providers have been able to alleviate issues such as transportation troubles and language barriers, while also increasing trust.

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  • Getting Vaccinated in the Holy Month

    May 13, 2021 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    The Neighbourhood Organization has helped organized pop-up clinics to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, including a culturally inclusive pop-up clinic in Thorncliffe Park, which has a large Muslim population. The vaccine rollout occurred during Ramadan and some had concerns over whether the vaccine was halal or if it would break one’s fast. As a workaround, organizers decided to extend the clinic until midnight so that people could come after they completed their fasting. Community ambassadors helped spread the word and the well-attended clinic ended up running until after 1:00 am.

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  • Banlieues Santé, sur le terrain pour créer du lien

    May 11, 2021 |

    Solidarum |

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    Response Location: France

    Distribution de produits d’urgence lors de la crise sanitaire, consultations gratuites d’ophtalmologie, des « entretiens inclusifs de prévention santé » et « Café des femmes », l’association Banlieue Santé rapproche du soin les personnes les plus éloignées du système sanitaire et créée des passerelles vers le droit commun.

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  • Meet Ontario's small-town vaccine hunter

    May 10, 2021 |

    TVO |

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    Response Location: Canada, Foleyet, Ontario

    A nursing station in Foleyet, Ontario has remodeled its annual flu outreach as part of a campaign to help those who have had trouble scheduling their Covid vaccination appointments. Similar efforts are underway in other remote and rural parts of Ontario, which has helped most of these areas remain on par with the larger region's vaccination rate.

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  • Dental And Medical Outreach Clinic Sees High Demand In Yerington

    May 07, 2021 |

    KUNR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Yerington, Nevada

    A pop-up mobile clinic in Nevada's Lyon County is providing free dental care to underserved communities as a way to address the lack of practicing dental providers in the region. The response thus far has been overwhelming, but the medical students who work out of the clinic are still planning to expand their outreach efforts to reach more communities.

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  • How rechargeable tricycles are saving pregnant mothers and newborns in rural Zimbabwe

    May 03, 2021 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Wedza

    Mobility for Africa provides electric tricycles, called Hambas, to take pregnant women to and from health appointments. Mobility is critical to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and the three-wheel tricycles are easy to drive on rural roads. They run on a lithium battery that can be charged in about six hours using renewable energy and a single charge gets about three trips. The transportation allows women who live far from clinics and cannot afford transportation be able to access medical care. About 50 Hambas currently take women to and from doctor appointments during pregnancy until after delivery.

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