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  • Saving Mothers and Giving Life through Quality Accreditation of Private Health Facilities

    Adanna Opara

    April 16, 2024 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    The Saving Mothers, Giving Life project aims to improve access to and the quality of maternal and infant healthcare to reduce maternal and newborn deaths. The project established a Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response team and launched an interactive digital chat solution on WhatsApp to get important health information to pregnant women. Through these efforts, maternal and perinatal deaths in 25 private health facilities decreased by 60% and 16%, respectively.

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  • Vermont's Approach to Primary Care Is Driving Down Costs

    Carl Smith

    April 09, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    The Blueprint for Health model expands primary care access by requiring insurance providers in the state to pay additional monthly fees to cover more services for patients. Expanded services are provided by Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Community Health Teams, including nurses and counselors, at no cost to patients. Since starting in 2008, this model has helped significantly reduce medical and pharmaceutical claims.

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  • Mediación para derribar las barreras lingüísticas y culturales en salud

    María Miret

    March 22, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    Hasta la crisis migratoria ‘de los cayucos’ no existían mediadores interculturales en salud en España. En este marco surge el Servicio de Interpretación y Mediación Intercultural sociosanitaria de Salud Entre Culturas, uno de los pocos presenciales, integrado en un hospital. Su objetivo, junto con los teléfonos de interpretación idiomática, es echar abajo las barreras lingüísticas y socioculturales en la sanidad española.

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  • Volusia County couple offers clean start to homeless residents

    Jasmine Hall

    March 21, 2024 |

    Daytona Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

    A mobile shower facility called God’s Bathouse stops at churches in Florida to provide a safe environment for people experiencing homelessness to take a hot shower and address their health maintenance needs.

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  • Nonprofits Successfully Challenge Red State Restrictions on Abortion

    Donald F. Kettl

    March 20, 2024 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States

    In response to varying abortion bans across states, nonprofit organizations are emerging to help women in states with strict abortion laws access the care they need. Nonprofits like the Center for Reproductive Rights, Northwest Abortion Access Fund and Indigenous Idaho Alliance provide women with free abortion pills, help them travel out of state for care and even challenge local courts attempting to pass strict trigger laws.

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  • India: Back to the future

    Julia Lauter

    March 19, 2024 |

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    Response Location: India, Bangalore

    The city of Bangalore is combining traditional well-building practices with modern wastewater treatment technology to address the local water crisis. By getting the community involved, they’ve bolstered forgotten wells, integrated advanced filtration systems and made significant progress towards a more sustainable future. One community alone has revitalized 200,000 manholes over the course of eight years.

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  • Osun Fights Misinfo, Boosts HPV Vaccine Uptake for Women's Health

    Noah Aderoju

    February 29, 2024 |

    National Wire |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Osun

    By December 2023, the nationwide campaign had vaccinated about 4.7 million girls; however, Osun continued to experience pushback, with citizens resisting the campaign due to misinformation and a lack of understanding about the vaccine’s significance. The federal government also joined in, adding the HPV vaccine to its routine immunization system, which helped about 4.7 million girls get vaccinated.

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  • Why a Native American vet drives 1,200 miles to care for her peers

    Anna Mulrine Grobe

    February 28, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

    The Diné Naazbaa Partnership (DNP) serves Navajo Nation veterans, connecting them with food, medication, transportation and other necessities, as they’re more likely to be unemployed and far less likely to use or apply for VA services. The DNP has connected with about 1,228 of the 14,700 veterans on the Navajo Nation and has partnered with 370 groups to fund projects that provide housing improvements and emergency financial aid to veterans.

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  • The 15-Minute City Is Saving My Life

    Steve Mencher

    February 22, 2024 |

    Next Avenue |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The 15-minute city is an urban planning concept that encourages planners to develop neighborhoods that are easily accessible within a 15-minute walk, bike or public transit ride. The 15-minute city idea promotes health and wellness by encouraging residents to walk and bike more, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and fosters a sense of community among locals.

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  • Can Prescription Meal Kits Help Fight Diabetes?

    Grey Moran

    January 22, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    Healthy Food Rx is a prescription meal kit delivery program that delivers twice-monthly meal kits to adults with diabetes, providing them with produce and other healthy foods. The program addresses food insecurity, while also making a case for the power of using food as medicine to manage chronic conditions.

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