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  • How indoor residual spraying helping to fight Malaria in Rwanda

    June 15, 2023 |

    Panorama |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Indoor Residual Spraying is being used as an intervention to reduce the transmission of malaria. Trained teams spray the insecticide in about 10 homes a day. Since this method of prevention was introduced in 2007, there has been a significant decrease in malaria cases. From 2016 to 2022, malaria cases went from 409 per 1,000 people to just 76 cases and deaths fell by more than 89%.

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  • On the Brink of Homelessness, San Diego Woman Wins the Medi-Cal Lottery

    June 13, 2023 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is piloting a program that covers rental move-in costs for low-income people in need, specifically those experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The goal is to keep people out of expensive institutions, like emergency rooms, by providing services like housing assistance and healthy food. So far, 20 locals have received Medi-Cal’s housing move-in assistance.

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  • Making It Easier For Kids To Get Help For Addiction, And Prevent Overdoses

    June 12, 2023 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Arlington, Virginia

    Students at Arlington Public Schools are being trained to carry and administer Narcan to help reduce the rising number of opioid overdose deaths, specifically among young people. Programs like this and access to treatment like Suboxone help make it easier for youth to find recovery and prevent drug overdoses.

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  • Program knits together community for isolated seniors

    June 12, 2023 |

    Fort Worth Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

    Reduce Social Isolation and Lift Outcomes for Seniors (SILOS) is a free program for adults age 50 and up that aims to decrease loneliness and help them stay connected. SILOS pairs participants with a community health worker who checks in regularly and shares lists of nearby events and activities for the participant to take advantage of, all in an effort to foster community and address the public health crisis of loneliness.

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  • To Reduce Infant Mortality, Just Add Stable Housing

    June 09, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Healthy Beginnings At Home provides rental assistance and housing support to pregnant women in unstable housing situations. The program originally started as a research study and proved that providing adequate housing support led to reduced infant mortality. The program helps connect those in need with affordable housing and even covers rent for several months while the moms get adjusted.

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

    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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  • With Green Prescriptions, Getting Healthier Is a Walk in the Park

    May 29, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Green prescriptions, like the practice of forest bathing, are becoming a formal part of the healthcare system. Organizations like PaRx work to connect people to green medicine in an effort to alleviate chronic conditions, increase health and happiness and foster a connection to the environment. Through the work of PaRx, 4,000 green prescriptions have been written by over 10,000 physicians in all 10 provinces.

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  • "Not everyone needs a psychologist, but everyone should know how to help themselves and others:" Kyiv Resilience Center teaches how to cope with trauma

    May 24, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    The Stress Resilience Center provides critical workers — like doctors and law enforcement — opportunities to learn psychological self-help skills. The goal is to equip the public with psychological wellness skills to prevent the number of people who need to seek psychological help from getting too high. Amidst the war, the Center also provides individual and family therapy for those experiencing loss, burnout and those with loved ones in the military.

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  • Affordable and Accessible Health Care Remains an Issue in Nigeria, but Atayase Initiative Devises a Means, Helping the Underserved Age Groups

    May 24, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Atayese initiative makes healthcare services more affordable and accessible for underserved age groups including young children, pregnant women and elderly people. The initiative launched in 2013 and runs clinics and hospital services in several states and communities where they’ve provided treatment to hundreds — in some areas, thousands — of patients.

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  • Bashir Fistula Foundation Provides Care and Support to Ailing Women

    May 23, 2023 |

    KAFTAN TV |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    The Bashir Fistula Foundation provides healthcare and connections to necessary medical resources to women suffering from obstetric fistula. Most all surgeries to cure the condition are fully paid for through partnerships between the Foundation and other organizations and medical centers. So far the Foundation has funded more than 100 surgeries.

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