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  • Nigerian Kids With Cerebral Palsy Are Overcoming Discrimination At School, Here Is How

    The Let Cerebral Palsy Kids Learn foundation trains Nigerian teachers in how to better serve students with the condition, while also educating parents about cerebral palsy and providing support and assistance to place their children in mainstream schools. The organization has placed more than 100 students in partner schools since 2017 and has trained more than 500 parents and teachers.

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  • ‘House of Memories': Making Museums Dementia-Inclusive

    The House of Memories program teaches caregivers of people with dementia tactics based off of museum curation that help boost communication and connection.

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  • Why Scotland Is Opening a Dementia Center in a National Park

    The nonprofit Alzheimer Scotland hosts outdoor events in Cairngorms National Park for people with dementia and their families to give them the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors safely.

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  • How BFF is reintegrating obstetric fistula patients back into society

    The Bashir Fistula Foundation (BFF) provides free surgeries to remedy obstetric fistula, as well as rehabilitation services to integrate patients back into society. Since the organization was formed in 2018, approximately 98 women have benefitted from free surgical intervention.

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  • Breast, Cervical Cancers: Touring Team's Approach Protects Low-Income Nigerian Women

    A medical outreach group called Quinta Health offers breast and cervical cancer screenings to women free of charge. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women globally. Quinta Health uses a strategic outreach plan to reach low-income community women in need of screening and trains medical professionals to provide the tests in surrounding cities.

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  • Corps member's advocacy on dumpsites clearing helped fight malaria in Kwara

    A public health campaign effectively reduced the incidence of malaria by sensitizing the community to the health risks of dumping waste indiscriminately, providing medical outreach and treatment for malaria, and cleaned up existing waste, which was moved to designated dumpsites.

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  • A Database Of Donors Is Filling Blood Supply Gaps In Nigeria

    Haima Health helps fill in a huge void in Nigeria’s healthcare system by providing a large blood donor database across 14 states in the country that links donors to patients in need. Since launching, Haima Health has established the largest database in the country with over 2,000 registered voluntary blood donors.

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  • A few tablets a day keep rickets away

    The Hope for the Village Child Foundation provides rickets treatment to children via a daily dose of calcium. Treating rickets allows children to live more comfortably, avoid missing school, and being bullied by their peers. Since the 1990s, about 4,257 children have benefited from the rickets project.

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  • Bridge: The technological innovation reducing delays in breast cancer diagnosis

    The Bridge app helps reduce delays in accessing breast cancer diagnosis and improves health outcomes for women in rural areas. The app provides health workers with information on symptoms to look out for and how to perform exams in hopes to promote early breast cancer detection.

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  • In Jos, an initiative is using behavioural change communication to fight malaria

    Nigeria accounted for 31.8% of all malaria-related deaths globally in 2020. The Block Malaria Africa Initiative employs behavioral change communication to promote positive health outcomes by studying behavior and providing effective messages and materials that address each community’s needs to educate people on what malaria is and how it can be prevented.

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