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

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

    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

    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

    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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  • In Sierra Leone, this initiative is last hope for some children with life-threatening conditions

    Volunteers of the Sick Pikin Project raise money for children in need of medical treatment by traveling the streets of Nigeria with postcards about their stories and asking for donations. The program has helped 226 children so far.

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  • Covert network provides pills for thousands of abortions in U.S. post Roe

    In response to the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, a covert international network is emerging that provides abortion pills without a prescription to those without access in anti-abortion states. One such organization, Las Libres, has helped terminate approximately 20,000 pregnancies this year.

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  • High cost of prosthetics and child amputees' strive for a normal life

    The Irede Foundation provides recycled prosthetics and other walking aids for children ages 18 and under with congenital limb deformities, as prosthetics can be extremely expensive. The Foundation also works to empower child amputees to live their lives to the fullest via mentoring and coaching sessions. The Foundation has provided 147 limbs to 103 children since its inception in 2012.

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  • IDPs access basic healthcare from mobile clinic

    The Wassa mobile clinic provides community members with access to healthcare services like childbirth, vaccinations, family planning, and treatment for diseases like malaria and measles. The mobile clinic services are affordable and easy for the community to access, eliminating the need to travel far for care.

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