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  • Pandemic prompts changes to HIV testing and treatment across Arizona

    February 10, 2021 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Amid the pandemic, doctors and case managers have had to introduce new ways to provide care for those with HIV. In Arizona, that has included an introduction of telehealth, drive-thru testings sites, and mobilizing a van to travels throughout neighborhoods.

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  • Vacina agendada por app e 2ª dose: brasileiros contam experiência em Israel

    February 08, 2021 |

    UOL |

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    Response Location: Israel

    Israel mostra eficiência ao vacinar população contra Covid-19 logo que os primeiros imunizantes foram disponibilizados. Pesquisas apontaram que as pessoas contamindas na região, mas vacinadas, tiveram sintomas leves da doença.

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  • A handful of Washington schools are rapid testing staff and students for COVID-19. Is it working?

    February 08, 2021 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    13 Washington school districts are piloting COVID-19 testing. By doing so, they can catch stop asymptomatic people from spreading the virus, offer testing to families who might not have access, and add a “sense of security for many staff members who are nervous.” Three of the districts participating “have tested more than 4,000 people using nearly 10,000 tests.”

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  • 16 Raleigh churches begin to chip away at NC's inequity in vaccine distribution

    February 06, 2021 |

    The News & Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Raleigh, North Carolina

    A partnership between WakeMed and Wake County Public Health made 1,700 shots available with vaccine clinics in 16 churches and a community center. Trusted messengers, like pastors, are more effective at communicating why people should get vaccinated and convincing them to actually get the shot. Local availability helps people overcome transportation and other equity concerns, like needing access to the county’s online registration system or waiting on hold to make an appointment. The sites offered on-site registration and on-site and culturally and linguistically appropriate information.

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  • هل جراحة الترميم هي ما تحتاجه نساء أثّر الختان على حياتهن؟

    February 06, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Egypt

    تزايد الترويج لعملية ترميم البظر داخل مصر كحل لمشكلة الختان، لكن هل هناك فعلا حاجة لعمل جراحي؟ تطرح القصة أسئلة عن مدى فاعلية هذا الحل في ظل غياب توثيق لنتائج العمليات.

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  • More than goodwill: New tactics used to attract new healthcare talent as shortages grow

    February 04, 2021 |

    FreshWater Cleveland |

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    Response Location: United States, Lorain, Ohio

    An initiative to draw more people to entry-level healthcare professions is seeing success in Ohio. A collaboration of healthcare employers is training and promoting employees to “strengthen the healthcare employee pipeline.”

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  • LRT ieško sprendimų: kodėl Danija skiepija greičiau nei kitos ES šalys?

    February 02, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Denmark

    Danijoje visuomenė nuo COVID-19 per pandemiją buvo skiepijama kur kas sparčiau, nei kitose Europos šalyse. Su kiekvienu piliečiu šalyje per sveikatos elektroninę sistemą susisiekiama, paskiriamas vakcinacijos laikas, vykdoma plati informavimo apie skiepų naudą kampanija, aiškinama apie tai, kodėl vienos socialinės grupės turi prioritetą pasiskiepyti anksčiau negu kitos. Ko galėtų pasimokyti Lietuva?

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  • Ce que nous apprend la campagne de vaccination massive en Israël

    January 29, 2021 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: Israel

    Dans la course à la vaccination, Israël occupe la pole position. Alors qu’un tiers des Israéliens sont déjà vaccinés, les premières études évoquent une baisse des infections après deux doses.

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  • How Promotoras De Salud Are Fighting Vaccine Conspiracies In Chicago's Latino Communities

    January 26, 2021 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Promotoras de salud, also known as community health workers, are helping to connect Latino immigrants with reliable and factual information about COVID-19. Using a peer-to-peer outreach model, a team of seven promotoras de salud from Centro San Bonifacio have "interacted with more than 4,000 Spanish speakers in Chicago."

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  • World in Progress: Colombian women access tele-abortions during pandemic

    January 13, 2021 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Radio |

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    Response Location: Colombia

    In Colombia – where having an abortion can be stigmatizing, in some cases illegal, and now even more difficult due to the coronavirus pandemic – a clinic has set up a national hotline to help women who are up to 10 weeks pregnant aaccess to safe abortions at home. So far, the clinic has connected with 700 women.

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