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How Grassroots Funds Are Ensuring Abortion Access Despite Bans

Lornet Turnbull

May 16, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

As abortion laws become increasingly restrictive across the southern US, more and more grassroots organizations are working to ensure access to abortions is still available. There exists a network called National Network of Abortion Funds that financially supports access to abortions via dozens of funds across the country. Services offered to women include financial assistance for the procedure as well as transportation and childcare, assigned mentors who are readily available at all times, and assistance for women who are pregnant or mothering.

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Business For Good: iBreastExam

Michaela Haas

May 14, 2019 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

Accessing preventative health care, such as routine mammograms, is often dictated by socioeconomic levels and geographical boundaries. To change this, an engineer sought out technology and partnerships that eventually lead to the creation of iBreastExam, an affordable and mobile way to conduct a breast exam that is being used in 12 countries and has screened 250,000 women.

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Kids In America Are Missing School Because They Can't Afford Toothpaste And Tampons

Liza Ramrayka

May 09, 2019 |

The Huffington Post |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Maynardville, Tennessee

A lack of access to basic personal hygiene necessities will hinder anyone's everyday life, but it especially impacts children that have to attend school where they are often bullied because of it. To provide these children with a better educational environment, teachers are implementing "hygiene closets" that are stocked with items such as soap, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and tampons.

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Yoga class while waiting for refills? CVS tests new “health hubs”

Rina Raphael

May 04, 2019 |

FastCompany |

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Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

CVS is expanding their coverage from beyond just selling medical supplies to also offering on-site medical assessments as well as nutrition and wellness classes to address a growing population of people that don't have a primary care doctor. “We refer to this care concierge as the Geek Squad for healthcare,” jokes Kevin Hourican, president of CVS Pharmacy.

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Meet the Canadian doctor who prescribes money to low-income patients

Sigal Samuel

May 03, 2019 |

Vox |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto

Many times, a person's economic stability can directly impact other aspects of their life, such as their personal health. Realizing this connection, a Canadian doctor has started prescribing social services as complementary treatment for his patient's ailments.

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Saving the Teeth of Patients With Special Needs

Catherine Saint Louis

May 02, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

People with special needs can face medical challenges when buildings aren't built in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act or doctors claim they can't treat them. In New York, the N.Y.U. College of Dentistry’s Oral Health Center for People With Disabilities directly combats this problem by treating "adult and pediatric patients across the spectrum of disabilities,"

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House Calls Can Lead to Dramatically Better Health Outcomes Among the Elderly

Alieza Durana

May 01, 2019 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

House calls are not new to the medicine field, but they are becoming more predominant as doctors look for ways to expand access to those that aren't able to make it into an office. Focusing mostly on "disabled, chronically ill, elderly, and other at-risk populations," doctors are utilizing technological advancements to bring the care to the patient, a practice that also allows them a chance to assess their home situation.

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From Ohio to Midcoast Maine: How clinic culture & primary care are key to doctor shortage

David Singer

April 30, 2019 |

WGME-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

As more doctors move towards retirement than doctors entering the field, many states are facing the realities of an upcoming shortage. To combat this, Maine is trying to position primary care in rural areas as the backbone of medicine through partnerships that aim to keep doctors in the states.

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Vaccines by air as drone medicine service takes off in Ghana

Jessica Murray

April 25, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Ghana

Drones assist in providing crucial medical deliveries to remote areas. The robotics company, Zipline, has successfully partnered with health ministries in Rwanda and Ghana to provide medical deliveries by drone. After beginning with pilot programs in Rwanda, the service now serves both countries.

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Black birth workers help moms struggling when — and after — the baby is born

Taylor Allen

April 24, 2019 |

WHYY |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

To better serve women of color during pregnancies and childbirth, women in Philadelphia have started offering workshops to teach about and advocate for increased understanding around the birthing experience. With statistics indicating that black women are more likely to experience complications during their pregnancies, these workshops address in a gap in care for "black women’s desires for alternative, and better, birth and postpartum experiences."

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