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Cancer treatment is a burden too heavy, but an NGO is coming to the rescue

Promise Eze

January 04, 2023 |

BONews |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Foundation for Cancer Care is a non-profit that works to increase access to cancer care for those who can’t afford it, as well as cancer prevention efforts. The Foundation offers free cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. So far, the Foundation has conducted over 4,000 free cancer screenings and trained over 1,500 medical professionals in various areas revolving around cancer care.

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Hospitals look to storytelling to reduce stigma toward people with addiction

Darian Benson

January 04, 2023 |

WSIU |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

The theater company Summit Performance Indianapolis collects stories from people experiencing substance use and addiction and then turns those stories into monologues that are performed by professional actors and filmed for audiences of healthcare professionals. The monologues show the diversity of people’s experiences with substance use and aim to help healthcare providers better relate to people with substance use disorders to decrease stigma and bias and improve the quality of care patients receive.

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Many ERs offer minimal care for miscarriage. One group wants that to change

Patrick Adams

January 04, 2023 |

NPR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

TEAMM Project — short for Training, Education and Advocacy in Miscarriage Management — is a nonprofit that hosts workshops for healthcare providers in more than 100 sites in 19 states on everything they need to know about miscarriage care. Miscarriage care is often lacking in emergency rooms, which can be dangerous for the person having a miscarriage. To remedy this, TEAMM Project educates and advocates for the use of manual vacuum aspiration kits, training providers on how to use them.

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This Drug Saves Lives. Why Weren't Hospitals Giving It To Patients?

Noah Smith

January 04, 2023 |

Direct Relief |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

The Colorado Naloxone Project works to make naloxone easier to obtain for those who abuse opioids and campaigns to make access to naloxone the standard of care. Since forming in 2018, the group has signed up 108 hospitals and emergency departments across the state. They have also partnered with schools, clubs, and other community-based organizations to increase naloxone distribution points and are working on plans to continue expanding their reach.

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Agriculture Helping to Fight Stigma and Discrimination associated wth HIV -Part 2

Mercy Kibe

January 03, 2023 |

Science Africa |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Kilimo kimesaidia sana kumaliza unyanyapaa na kutengwa kwa watu wanaouguwa ugonjwa wa ukimwi kaunti ya Kakamega. Baada ya vikundi vya watu wanaouguwa ugonjwa huo kupata mafunzo ya kilimo cha kisasa. Sasa wanapata mazao ambayo huuzia jamii na kwa kufanya hivyo wanakuwa na ukaribu nao.

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NoScar: how Ukrainians are helped to get rid of scars of war

Viktoriia Hubareva

January 03, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Ukraine

The NoScar initiative unites volunteer doctors from all over the country to provide free cosmetic surgeries to those with scars due to the ongoing war. There are more than 40 plastic surgeons providing the procedures and together they’ve served 30 patients, as well as soldiers.

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Improved health care in Makueni is reducing infant and maternal mortality rates in the county

Phillip Ngumo

January 02, 2023 |

90.3 County FM |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Serikali ya kaunti ya Makueni imeboresha huduma za afya kwa wazazi na kupunguza visa vya vifo vya watoto wachanga na wajawazito. Uboreshaji huo ni pamoja na ujenzi wa zahanati kutoka 50 hadi 143 mashinani.Tangu kuboreshwa kwa huduma hizo za afya idadi ya wajawazito na watoto wachanga kuaga dunia imepungua.

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Why is Duluth a national hub for training Native physicians?

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

January 02, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Duluth, Minnesota

At the University of Minnesota Medical School's Duluth Campus, the Center of American Indian and Minority Health provides a space for Indigenous students to connect with one another, honor their traditions, and find support in a challenging academic setting. The school, which also requires eight hours of instruction on treating Native Americans, has produced more Indigenous medical graduates than almost any other in the United States.

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Agriculture Helping to Fight Stigma and Discrimination associated wth HIV-Part 1

Mercy Kibe

January 02, 2023 |

Science Africa |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Mashirika yasiyokuwa ya kiserikali yamejitolea kuwainua kimaisha na kuwafunza ukulima vikundi vya watu wanaouguwa ugonjwa wa ukimwi kaunti ya Kakamega.Hii ni baada ya waathiriwa hao kuja pamoja kutiana moyo baada ya kuhisi kutengwa na jamii.Mashirika hayo yanawafunza mbinu za kisasa za ukulima zinazowapatia mazao ambayo wanaweza kuuza na kupata pesa za kujikimu kimaisha.

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Family planning helping to reduce maternal, neonatal deaths in Kakamega county Part 2

Mercy Kibe

December 31, 2022 |

Science Africa |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Wanaume kaunti ya Kakamega wameanza kutumia mbinu za upangaji uzazi.Hii ni baada ya wao kupata elimu na mafunzo ya upangaji uzazi kutoka kwa idara ya afya ya kaunti.Wahudumu wa afya wa nyanjani wanawaelimisha kuwa mbinu za upangaji uzazi sio kwa wanawake peke yake,bali pia kuna mbinu wanaume wanaweza kutumia kupanga uzazi.

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