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  • From 'Identity Search', She Built A Movement Against Mental Illness

    August 05, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State

    Victoria Restored Minds provides therapeutic and emotional support to people facing mental health challenges. With its team of counselors, therapists, and psychologists, VRM has provided counseling, therapy, and general support to about 2,000 people.

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  • Youth-led NGOs are battling period poverty in Nigeria. Their weapon is reusable pads

    August 02, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    One Voice Initiative for Women and Children Emancipation and Reaching Minds Foundation are two organizations that have distributed thousands of reusable pad kits to school girls and women. The organizations also train people on how to make their own reusable pads from environmentally friendly fabrics and use them correctly.

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  • Curbing the tide of open defecation in Nigeria; the Kwara example

    July 28, 2022 |

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    The Kwara Government and the Open Defecation Free Program provide public toilets to citizens in areas where public defecation is an issue and also provides basic sanitation services to those in need. Since the program began, the rate of open defecation has dropped by 14%, while the rate of access to basic sanitation services in the state has increased from 14% to 31%.

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  • Breast, Cervical Cancers: Touring Team's Approach Protects Low-Income Nigerian Women

    July 27, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ota, Ogun State

    A medical outreach group called Quinta Health offers breast and cervical cancer screenings to women free of charge. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women globally. Quinta Health uses a strategic outreach plan to reach low-income community women in need of screening and trains medical professionals to provide the tests in surrounding cities.

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  • A Database Of Donors Is Filling Blood Supply Gaps In Nigeria

    July 26, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Haima Health helps fill in a huge void in Nigeria’s healthcare system by providing a large blood donor database across 14 states in the country that links donors to patients in need. Since launching, Haima Health has established the largest database in the country with over 2,000 registered voluntary blood donors.

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  • Corps member's advocacy on dumpsites clearing helped fight malaria in Kwara

    July 26, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ayegbami, Kwara

    A public health campaign effectively reduced the incidence of malaria by sensitizing the community to the health risks of dumping waste indiscriminately, providing medical outreach and treatment for malaria, and cleaned up existing waste, which was moved to designated dumpsites.

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  • SCAF is driving inclusion of sickle cell warriors in Nigeria's tech industry

    July 24, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Sickle Cell Aid Foundation teaches tech skills to those with sickle cell anemia to increase their employability and spearhead an inclusive tech industry. Since launching, the organization has trained and graduated 20 individuals with coding skills.

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  • A few tablets a day keep rickets away

    July 20, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    The Hope for the Village Child Foundation provides rickets treatment to children via a daily dose of calcium. Treating rickets allows children to live more comfortably, avoid missing school, and being bullied by their peers. Since the 1990s, about 4,257 children have benefited from the rickets project.

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  • Winning the Fight Against Female Genital Mutilation in Cross River State

    July 18, 2022 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Agwagune, Cross River

    The Center for Social Value and Early Childhood Development works to fight the harmful traditional practices of female genital mutilation by sending teams to visit communities and engage with community and religious leaders to raise awareness of the harmful effects of the practice. Since forming, their efforts have prevented over 500 female circumcisions.

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  • When healers need help: Recovery programs for health care workers offer specialized care

    July 16, 2022 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Centers like Brattleboro Retreat are emerging to provide specialized recovery programs for healthcare workers battling addiction. Programs offered are similar to those at standard recovery centers, except here healthcare workers are surrounded by their professional peers, allowing them to find community and express vulnerability.

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