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  • The Menstrual Room Keeping Rwandan Girls in School

    Germain Nsanzimana

    March 21, 2023 |

    The Chronicles |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Since 2012, the government has required schools from primary to university to create a Girl’s Room, stocked with pads, pain medicine, a bed, soap and water for girls to seek refuge in during their menstrual cycles, in an effort to address the issue of period poverty. By the end of 2021, 2,046 primary schools across the country had established a room for girls, representing 55.4% of all primary schools in the country. Schools with a Girl’s Room have also reported reduced rates of absenteeism and dropouts.

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  • Michigan city offers Wichita a road map for providing seamless mental health care

    Julie Mack

    March 21, 2023 |

    Wichita Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Grand Rapids is working to reform behavioral health services and the way law enforcement interacts with those in a mental health crisis through efforts like its county-run crisis access center. An increased need has led to an expansion of these programs, and the city now has a psychiatric urgent care center, mobile crisis teams that make house calls, social workers who join the police on 911 calls and plans for a 24/7 behavioral health crisis center that will open in November.

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  • Reformed Circumcisers Leading Campaign Against FGM

    Lenah Bosibori

    March 20, 2023 |

    Talk Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kisii County

    The Young Women Democrats Empowerment Program formed in 2010 to work toward ending female genital mutilation (FGM). The organization provides training and educational seminars at local schools and churches and even makes appearances on local radio stations to reform people who performed FGM procedures. So far, the organization has reformed 31 people.

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  • Rekindling Hope: An NGO Builds Safe Space for Displaced GBV Survivors in Borno

    Rukaiyatu Idris

    March 20, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    At various camps for internally displaced persons, the Gender Equality Peace and Development Center built three permanent safe spaces for women and girls that have experienced gender-based violence. The Center is not only a safe space for these people to go but also empowers them by teaching them new skills, providing access to health care and a sense of community.

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  • Detroit initiatives combat high Black infant mortality rate with dignity and compassion

    Brooke Marshall

    March 17, 2023 |

    Flintside |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Women-Inspired Neighborhood (WIN) Network: Detroit works to improve Black infant health outcomes by providing support services like group prenatal care, targeted home visits, and breastfeeding programs. By using the CenteringPregancy model, over 600 women have gone through the program and there have been zero preventable infant deaths. Win also helps direct women toward resources like stable housing and higher education.

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  • Community dialogue and social behavior change: Effective tool in reducing malaria mortality in Kenya

    Pauline Achieng Tom

    March 16, 2023 |

    Health Business |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Vihiga County

    The Kenya Medical Research Institute is leading research teams with the ministry of health in an effort to educate people on how to use mosquito nets to reduce the rate of malaria. Through these efforts, malaria cases reduced by 24% six months after the program started.

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  • How this NGO is facilitating emergency delivery response for labour women

    Abubakar Abdulrasheed

    March 15, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

    Raise Foundation provides transportation to hospitals for women in labor in rural, hard-to-reach areas that lack access to healthcare centers. Through its tricycle ambulance service, the organization has helped over 230 expectant mothers have a safe delivery.

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  • The rescue ship – a solution to the GP crisis?

    Karin Goodwin

    March 15, 2023 |

    The Ferret |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

    As appointments with general practitioners (GP) are often short and hard to get, community link workers have the time and resources necessary to support those in need of care for non-medical issues, like energy management, mood stabilizing and mental health concerns. Appointments with link workers can last up to an hour, versus the average 10 minutes with a GP, and provide comprehensive care that can be followed up on by a GP if any clinical attention is needed.

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  • Drug Aid is attempting to improve equitable access to medicine with novel approach

    Prosper Ishaya

    March 14, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Drug Aid Africa sources unused, unaltered drugs from people who don’t need them anymore and distributes them to people who do need them but can’t afford or access them. Drug Aid Africa provides free routine medications for conditions like sickle-cell anemia, as well as antimalarials, antibiotics and frequent visits to communities where they provide healthcare support and supplies. So far, the organization's efforts have helped more than 10,000 people.

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  • Lagos breast milk bank is cultivating a culture of donation among new mothers

    Sola Abe

    March 14, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Milk Bank Nigeria provides donor breast milk for sick, low birth weight and premature babies in neonatal ICUs across the country to reduce mortality in preterm babies. The Milk Bank Nigeria launched in August 2022 and as of Decemeber the organization had registered four donors who had supplied 33 liters of breast milk.

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