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This Group Wants to Teach You How to Get Abortions Even Where They're Banned

Charlotte Alter

December 09, 2022 |

Time Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Oregon

Mayday Health is a health-education nonprofit that helps patients in states that have banned abortion figure out how to get abortions anyway. For people living in states where abortion is banned, Mayday provides step-by-step instructions for how to obtain abortion pills, as well as medical information about the safety and reliability of medication abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.

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This trailblazing clinic is helping trans people in Brazil get the healthcare they need

Andre Aram

December 08, 2022 |

Xtra |

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Response Location: Brazil, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro

The João W. Nery Outpatient Clinic provides medical and transition-related care for the area’s trans community. The Clinic provides patients access to social workers, psychologists, endocrinologists, nurses, and general practitioners who help patients get prescriptions for hormones, referrals for gender-affirming surgery, and advice on legally changing their names, all of which are offered for free.

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'I'm not an alcoholic, I'm an Australian': Support for going sober in the bush

Penny Timms

December 03, 2022 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

Clean Slate Clinic is an in-home detox service that helps people receive a medicated detox plan including pharmaceuticals and vitamins, as well as daily telehealth sessions, rehabilitation support and check-ins. These detox services are currently undergoing a trial period that will tailor the program according to the unique needs of people in more rural and remote settings.

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How Dobbs Triggered a ‘Vasectomy Revolution'

Jesus A. Rodriguez

December 02, 2022 |

Politico |

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Response Location: United States, Joplin, Missouri

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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The power of promotoras in the fight against COVID-19

Reyes Mata III

December 01, 2022 |

Las Cruces Sun-News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Radium Springs, New Mexico

Community health workers — or “promotoras” — work to buffer the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically in isolated, Hispanic regions. These bilingual healthcare workers serve as a vital connection in the communities they serve, sharing medical information, COVID tests, and vaccines and working to dispel vaccine mistrust and misinformation.

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

Jesse Copelyn

November 30, 2022 |

Bhekisisa |

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Response Location: South Africa, Hlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal

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

Violet Ikong

November 30, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

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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This Youth-led Nonprofit is Helping Nigerians Deal with Mental Health Problems

Mohammed Taoheed

November 28, 2022 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The Nigerian nonprofit Idimma is helping those who cannot afford to travel to access mental health care by connecting them with trained counselors. After connecting with those in need of help, the organization provides a mental health screening and refers them to specialists.

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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

Erica Sloan

November 27, 2022 |

Well+Good |

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Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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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Community Sensitization Keeping Yellow Fever at Bay in Uganda

Namiganda Jael

November 26, 2022 |

Metro FM 90.8 |

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Response Location: Uganda, Kasese

In response to an outbreak of yellow fever, the Ugandan government launched an awareness campaign through media, door-to-door outreach, drama performances, and community health workers. The country also introduced a free vaccination program for babies between nine and twelve months old, which distributed vaccines to about 150 babies in one state within its first several weeks.

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