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  • FG's funding initiative is transforming healthcare access in Niger State

    The Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) provided by the federal government is increasing healthcare access for vulnerable populations by renovating dilapidated hospitals and improving access to reliable medical services and resources like medications and potable water.

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  • These Alabama Workers Were Swamped by Medical Debt. Then Their Employer Stepped In.

    The PhiferCares Clinic and pharmacy offers its employees and their families free healthcare and prescriptions. Phifer, a global manufacturing company, opened the clinic five years ago as a way to prevent medical bills from driving coworkers into debt and keeping them from retirement. This no-cost access to healthcare has helped 90% of Phifer employees hit their retirement goals, up from about 75% five years ago.

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  • This city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained?

    The Louisville school system is working to fill the vaccination gap among youth by establishing vaccine clinics at nearly all 160 schools, particularly those where immigrant students who are behind on their vaccinations are starting school. Since implementing these clinics, the vaccination rate during the last school year increased by 4%.

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  • How One Company Gamified Health Insurance

    A game called “Benefit Builder,” developed by the head of human resources at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, helped employees collaboratively develop equitable company-wide health insurance plans. Gamifying the process helped boost employee buy-in and morale.

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  • Schools are providing access to doctors and therapists before, during and after the school day

    A partnership between Hazel Health and the local school district is bridging the gap between students and mental and physical healthcare by providing therapy and telehealth resources before, during and after the school day. Care is provided without any necessary out-of-pocket costs and from November 2023 to June 2024, Hazel Health provided 630 therapy sessions to students across 25 schools.

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  • Virginia's pregnant women must travel farther as the maternity care crisis grows. Doulas are stepping in to fill gaps.

    Birth in Color's doulas are filling the maternity care gap as rural labor and delivery rooms close, disproportionately impacting people of color. Doulas provide physical, emotional and informational support before, during and after childbirth, and advocate on the mother’s behalf. Doula care leads to improved birth outcomes and lower rates of C-sections, and in April 2022 doula services were added under the state’s Medicaid program.

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  • How Kano Childhood Cancer Foundation is Supporting Cancer Survivors: tackling Childhood Cancer in Kano

    The Kano Childhood Cancer Foundation helps provide care, counseling and financial support to families with children suffering from cancer. The Foundation helps pay for treatment like chemotherapy and other medications and currently has 24 patients in their care.

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  • Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,' Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof

    In collaboration with Intuitive Health, UF Health has opened three centers that offer both ER and urgent care 24/7, at the same facility so patients don’t have to decide themselves which care they need. Instead, doctors at the center make that decision and then the system bills the patient accordingly. This helps them avoid taking on expensive ER bills when that level of care may not have been necessary.

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  • An Initiative's Quest to Ensure Access to Health Insurance For People Living With Sickle Cell Anaemia

    In partnership with the Ekiti State Health Insurance Scheme, the O.A. Initiative provides free basic healthcare services for people living with sickle cell anemia. The partnership currently serves over 800 people, covering the costs of care, including medicine, screenings and hospitalization, while also providing emotional and physical support.

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  • How Foundation Helps to Reduce Hemophilia Burden

    Since 2010, the World Federation of Hemophilia has been providing patients with free treatment to reduce the financial burden of caring for someone with this condition. People living with hemophilia can access treatment whenever they need it and have indicated their condition has been improving now that they can afford care.

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