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Amid pandemic, uninsured patients benefiting from emergence of telemedicine

Nate Morabito

May 08, 2021 |

WCNC-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

As COVID-19 forced some low cost and free clinics to use telemedicine to treat patients it became clear that it was an efficient and convenient way to reduce unnecessary trips to the emergency room and meet the immediate health needs of people with chronic health problems. The clinics can treat more patients and no-show rates decline substantially. While internet and smartphone access are long-term barriers that need to be overcome, 46 charitable clinics across the state are using telemedicine platforms to deliver care to uninsured patients.

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Dental And Medical Outreach Clinic Sees High Demand In Yerington

Natalie Van Hoozer

May 07, 2021 |

KUNR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Yerington, Nevada

A pop-up mobile clinic in Nevada's Lyon County is providing free dental care to underserved communities as a way to address the lack of practicing dental providers in the region. The response thus far has been overwhelming, but the medical students who work out of the clinic are still planning to expand their outreach efforts to reach more communities.

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Huge success for Mother's Day bailout, as annual Philly effort blows past fundraising goal

Michaela Winberg

May 06, 2021 |

Billy Penn |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Philadelphia Community Bail Fund freed more than 400 people from jail in 2020, thanks to $3 million donated amid the COVID-19 crisis and racial justice protests. Organizers of the Black Mama's Day Bailout, an annual targeted campaign that gave rise to the community bail fund five years ago, expected donor fatigue this year might limit their work. But they exceeded the 2020 Mother's Day campaign, freeing 25 women, in part from sales of art made by formerly incarcerated women in a partnership with an arts co-op. Cash bail penalizes people too poor to afford to remain free before trial.

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Addiction treatment drug buprenorphine easier to prescribe under Biden

Dave Miller Allison Frost

May 04, 2021 |

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

Radio Talk Show |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Bupreneophine (also known as Suboxone) is a highly effective medication to treat opioid use disorder and addiction. It is life-saving, both in reducing the risk of fatal overdoses and helping people function better as they get treatment for their disorder. But prescribing and dispensing it is in many ways more highly regulated than the prescribing and dispensing of opioids themselves. A researcher who surveyed pharmacies found that many refuse to dispense the medication out of fear of regulatory sanctions or because of misplaced moral objections to medication-assisted treatment.

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How rechargeable tricycles are saving pregnant mothers and newborns in rural Zimbabwe

Farai Shawn Matiashe

May 03, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Wedza

Mobility for Africa provides electric tricycles, called Hambas, to take pregnant women to and from health appointments. Mobility is critical to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and the three-wheel tricycles are easy to drive on rural roads. They run on a lithium battery that can be charged in about six hours using renewable energy and a single charge gets about three trips. The transportation allows women who live far from clinics and cannot afford transportation be able to access medical care. About 50 Hambas currently take women to and from doctor appointments during pregnancy until after delivery.

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Au bord du fleuve Congo : la maladie du sommeil en voie d'éradication

Aurélie Kieffer

April 30, 2021 |

France Culture |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Le Congo-Kinshasa est le pays le plus touché par la maladie du sommeil : chaque année, plusieurs centaines de personnes sont piquées par la mouche tsé-tsé. Faute de traitement, ces malades sont voués à la mort, mais de récents progrès ont permis des avancées thérapeutiques majeures. Mais au Congo, l’action de la DNDI (initiative pour des médicaments contre les maladies négligées) est en passe de l'éradiquer.

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How Senegal stretched its health care system to stop Covid-19

Jen Kirby

April 28, 2021 |

Vox |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Senegal

Senegal limited COVID-19 cases in the pandemic’s first year using an existing infrastructure built from dealing with Ebola outbreaks. Coordinated emergency response teams quickly expanded testing capacity across the country and positive cases were required to quarantine in hotels or health centers, where Red Cross volunteers staffed the beds, rather than at home. Village health workers, who were trusted community members, educated people on how to respond to the virus, helped reduce the stigma of the virus, and urged people to follow the strict social distancing, masking, and quarantining rules.

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Non-profit grocery store Jubilee Market in Waco fills a gap for affordable, nutritious food

Sujata Dand

April 28, 2021 |

Dallas Free Press |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Waco, Texas

A community-based grocery store is bringing nutritious and affordable food to residents in Waco, Texas. Jubilee Market is located in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood which previously lacked a grocery store. The store’s success has inspired a similar project in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas.

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How vaccination became 'hip' in the '50s, thanks to teens

Erin Blakemore

April 27, 2021 |

National Geographic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In the 1950s, the National Institute for Infantile Paralysis launched a nationwide public health campaign to encourage teenagers to receive the polio vaccine. Tactics included interviewing and recruiting teenagers to be spokespeople to better frame messaging around vaccine hesitancy and make the act of getting the vaccine "cool."

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Mongolia Tackles Cleaner Water

Odonchimeg Batsukh

April 27, 2021 |

Global Press Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Mongolia, Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai Province

A new wastewater treatment plant in Mongolia is cleaning up its water so it doesn’t cause environmental problems or poison livestock and herders. This is one of the first treatment plants built under the country’s national project to modernize its facilities. Tests of the byproduct have confirmed that the water is 93 percent clean and the smell is virtually gone. Building and operating these plants is expensive, but new ones have opened, and the government plans to finish the project by 2022.

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