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Paid Family Leave Is a Game Changer for New Parents' Health, Not Just Their Economic Security

Benjamin Ryan

August 12, 2019 |

The Nation (New York) |

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Response Location: United States, California

The United States is the only developed nation to not have a national paid family leave policy, so several states are enacting their own form of the policy in order to better serve families and child development. The handful of states that have implemented a policy that allows for time off work with at least partial pay, have reported a myriad of successful outcomes including a decrease in infant and maternal mortality rates and overall better health of the child.

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Tribal communities in Michigan use traditional knowledge to tackle modern public health crisis

April Van Buren

August 08, 2019 |

Michigan Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

In Michigan, infant mortality for Native American babies is almost triple the rate of infant mortality for white babies. To combat this troubling reality, tribal communities are working to reintegrate traditional knowledge into parenting practices, starting with culturally aware breastfeeding classes. The program is helping to ensure that indigenous communities and families have the resources they need to keep their babies safe and healthy.

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Sacramento Drop In Black Child Deaths Holds Lessons for LA

Priska Neely

July 29, 2019 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

After launching an initiative aimed at reducing Black infant deaths, Sacramento County's success is now a model for other areas of California looking to make similar changes. Local officials joined with other community advocates and experts to analyze 20 years of data that showed specific disparities. They then created resources to addressing specific issues and empower residents in seven targeted neighborhoods throughout the county.

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Sacramento's Plan To Keep Black Children Alive Is Working — And LA Is Watching

Priska Neely

July 29, 2019 |

LAist |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Local officials in Los Angeles County are focusing efforts on leveling the playing field when it comes to health outcomes for infants across races. Although efforts are underway, there are several key takeaways that have worked in Sacramento – such as data analyzation, local community involvement, and culturally sensitive initiatives – that Los Angeles County could model.

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How Making Reusable Pads Is Helping Women In Bidibidi

Cynthia Rukundo

July 27, 2019 |

Things That Work Uganda |

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Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

Menstrual hygiene can be a challenge especially in Bidibidi, one of the largest refugee settlements in the world. However, with the help of Catholic Relief Service (CARITAS), women are now being trained in how to make reusable sanitary napkins. Many women have received a sewing machine and can now sell their handmade pads to neighbors, thus providing both an income and a hygienic (and eco-friendly) solution.

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A Tale of Two PHCs in Niger State: Accessing Equitable Healthcare From Beji to Maito

Bashar Abubakar

July 23, 2019 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Beji village, Bosso Local Government Area, Niger

In Niger State, not all health clinics are treated equally, but one in the Beji village, Bosso Local Government Area (LGA) acts as a model for other healthcare providers to follow. From proactively educating patients about HIV to offering services most rural health clinics fail to offer, the Beji Primary Health Centre (PHC) "provides all the services a PHC is meant to deliver."

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Tucson-area reproductive-health program thrives by allowing teens to help teens

Caitlin Schmidt

July 14, 2019 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Peer-to-peer reproductive health programs allow the concerns of youth to be heard and addressed. In Tucson, Arizona, the El Rio Health Center’s Reproductive Health Access Project allowed young people to have a say in the design of the program and types of services offered, including sexual health screenings and education. With the help a grant through Advocates for Youth, the program also operates AZ Shine, a teen-focused appointment service.

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How One Community Brought Child Mortality Down From 154 To 7 Per 1,000 Live Births

Peter Yeung

July 12, 2019 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Mali, Bamako

Providing door-to-door health care for mothers and children under five years of age greatly reduces mortality. Thanks to a program of home visits by community health care workers funded by the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the Yirimadio neighborhood of Mali’s capital city, Bamako, has succeeded in dramatically reducing childhood mortality. The government intends to scale the pilot program into a nationwide campaign by 2022.

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Kettering center grows in fight to combat infant drug exposure

Wayne Baker

July 01, 2019 |

Dayton Daily News |

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Response Location: United States, Kettering, Ohio

For pregnant women impacted by the opioid epidemic, the lives of their infants are often affected if not given proper medical treatment after birth. Realizing this, a program in Kettering, Ohio that specifically works with this population has plans to expand their care after seeing success in its first year.

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Guiding Mothers and Babies Through the Opioid Crisis

Jack Graham

June 26, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Canada, Lake First Nation, Ontario

When the opioid crisis hit indigenous communities throughout North America, solutions that were working in urban areas, weren't available to these isolated, rural regions. To combat the crisis specifically as it relates to pregnancy, health care workers and community members from the tribes are working together to implement programs that connect newborns and their families with the medical assistance they need.

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