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How queer deathcare is changing the way LGBTQ+ Ohioans die

H.L. Comeriato

July 28, 2023 |

The Buckeye Flame |

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Response Location: United States, Ohio

Several individuals and groups like Columbus Community Deathcare and Live Without Regrets doula services are emerging to offer LGBTQ+ people adequate deathcare as they often don’t have access to the same resources, autonomy or dignity as cisgender people. End-of-life doulas and other providers that embrace the Death Positive Movement are offering holistic care that honors a dying person’s wants and needs while respecting their identity.

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Local organizations bring resources to the community, easing barriers to healthcare

Destiniee Jaram

July 14, 2023 |

QCityMetro.com |

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Response Location: United States, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Care Ring, in collaboration with other organizations like the University of North Carolina School of Nursing, launched The Bridge, a community-based healthcare initiative that aims to make preventive care easier to access. The Bridge features a mobile care unit that provides free health screenings, counseling support and connections to community resources. Since December 2022, The Bridge has provided care to more than 100 people, 39% of which didn’t have a regular doctor.

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In addressing the health system inequalities, Nigeria has a lot to learn from Malawi and South Africa

Abdulwasiu Mujeeb

June 21, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Malawi

In an effort to improve inequities in access to healthcare, the local government partnered with forces in Germany to create a drone project that uses artificial intelligence to deliver medical supplies to remote, rural areas, including antibiotics, pregnancy tests and pain medicine. So far this collaboration has carried out 166 supply deliveries.

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How a Black Community Brought Affordable Health Care and Clean Water to Rural South Carolina in the 1970s

Olivia Lewis

June 19, 2023 |

Direct Relief |

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Response Location: United States, Beaufort, South Carolina

Facing a lack of potable water and government help, local advocates joined forces to find solutions and created an affordable community health center called Comp Health, and later their own water source, the Levy Limehouse Bellinger Hill Water Company in the 1970s. The new water system created jobs and helped influence better outcomes for the predominantly Black areas it served by eliminating contaminated water, decreasing infant mortality by two-thirds.

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Continuum of care: How one state coalition is bridging the gap on gender-affirming resources

James Rinker

June 03, 2023 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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Response Location: United States, Monadnock Region, New Hampshire

The Gender Diverse Care Coalition of New Hampshire works to expand access to gender-affirming care through free training, consultations with providers, education and advocacy work. The Coalition also has a website that offers a database of resources on gender-affirming care in the state and surrounding area. Through its offerings, the Coalition is working to increase the number of providers in the state who are comfortable and capable of providing care to transgender patients.

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Cross River State Government in Partnership with Zipline International Explore Use Of Drones in Medical Supply Delivery

Ota Udeh

May 25, 2023 |

Sparkling 92.3 FM |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

Zipline International partnered with local government to use drones to deliver medical supplies to rural health facilities to ensure everyone has access to the resources they need, from hospital supplies to vaccines, drastically reducing the amount it takes to get much-needed supplies.

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Yobe State: Striving for universal health coverage, accountability still a challenge

Baba Machina

May 16, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Yobe

The Citizens-Led Tracking Campaign bridges the gap between the implementation of the Basic Healthcare Provision Funds and the effective delivery of healthcare by sending citizens — called community champions — out on the grassroots level to track healthcare funding and ensure everyone who is eligible takes advantage of the care. Through the community champions’ efforts, 32,000 low-income and vulnerable individuals have been enrolled in the program.

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LGBTQ elders risk aging in isolation. A nonprofit is trying to change that.

Naina Rao Justice Marbury

May 12, 2023 |

New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

The Michigan LGBTQ+ Elders Network (MiGen) works to provide aging LGBTQ+ adults with necessary healthcare, like long-term care facilities. The Network also offers culturally responsive training for adult care providers.

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Demand rises for culturally aware mental health providers

Sarah Thamer

April 24, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Roseville, Minnesota

The Luminous Mind provides culturally competent mental health care to people of color. Along with The Luminous Mind, universities in the state are working to increase the number of students of color that enter psychology degree programs. The state also has a culturally-informed mental health task force that provides competency training and recruits diverse mental health professionals, all in an effort to decolonize mental health care.

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A downtown Flint vending machine is helping combat opioid overdose deaths, stigma

Kate Stockrahm

April 23, 2023 |

Flint Beat |

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Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

Vending machines provided with the help of organizations like the Genesee Health System and Harm Reduction Michigan dispense fentanyl testing strips and Narcan kits as a form of harm reduction to combat the opioid epidemic and destigmatize safe drug use. When it debuted earlier this year, the machine distributed more than 2,100 test strips and 904 Narcan kits in six weeks. There are currently 52 machines placed across the state.

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