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Saving mothers and babies is a thankless task

Sanket Jain

March 29, 2022 |

New Frame |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

Female community health workers, or Ashas, are the link between the healthcare system and pregnant women in rural areas of India. Among many other tasks, Ashas provide maternal healthcare education, look after pregnant woman, and refer women at risk to hospitals with better facilities to give birth.

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Fibroid Treatment in African Women

Wemimo Adewuni

March 24, 2022 |

Nigeria Info FM |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria

High intensity focus ultrasound is being used in the Management and treatment of fibroids in women in Nigeria. It provides a non-surgical and non-invasive treatment option for women who meet specific criteria including the size of the fibroid and its location.

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Faith based group offers hope to girls suffering vesicovaginal fistula

Udeh Obaziota

February 24, 2022 |

Sparkling 92.3 FM |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Calabar, Cross River

Medical Missionaries of Mary is a Christian faith-based organization that works to complement the government's efforts of helping those experiencing vesicovaginal fistula by providing access to surgery for free. The group also addresses stigma around the condition and helps create a sense of community for patients.

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When the Doctor is Just a Truck Away

Vanessa Obioha

February 23, 2022 |

This Day Live |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The MTN Y’ello Doctor initiative is a medical outreach program that targets underserved communities via mobile clinic trucks. The mobile clinic truck increases healthcare access, helps with healthcare costs, and provides services like treatment for malaria, vaccinations, and screening for other conditions. The trucks provide healthcare to anyone who needs it but has a focus on children and expecting mothers. So far, a total of 97,844 patients have been treated for various ailments thanks to the mobile clinics.

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Rootead gives birth to groundbreaking family care clinic

Ben Lando

February 16, 2022 |

NowKalamazoo |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Rootead is a mind-and-body-focused nonprofit that opened the Obodo Perinatal Easy Access Clinic which aims to prioritize the safety of the pregnant and parenting, with a goal of decreasing infant and mother mortality rates that are disproportionately higher for Black women and babies.

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The ‘AI-Powered Midwife' Helping Pregnant Nigerian Women and Newborns Stay Healthy

Innocent Eteng

January 24, 2022 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos State

Encouraged by her own pregnancy experience, medical technology expert Abisola Oladapo worked with two of her colleagues to create Sister Agnes. It is an AI system that delivers periodic, timely information to pregnant women by calls and texts in local languages to empower them with information about their health. 79 percent of the women who used the service delivered in health centers, were four times more likely to survive the pregnancy, and the survival rate of their children was 33 percent higher than the national average.

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Big Steps Forward: Cameroon's Multi-Sector Approach to Reducing Pregnancy-Related Deaths

Leocadia Bongben

December 13, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Cameroon

Several initiatives, from family planning and birth assistance education to improving access to hospital care, are reducing maternal and infant deaths. The Motor Ambulance initiative helps women get to hospitals in emergencies by providing 165 tricycles designed to navigate difficult terrain. The ambulances are run and maintained by local communities. Another program improving access to care is a health voucher system that helps women to pay for hospital deliveries. Women buy an affordable delivery kit that provides hospital staff with everything they need, including if there are complications.

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The Doctor Is Out, and These Babies Are Healthier For It

Priti Salian

December 10, 2021 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

The Karnataka Internet Assisted Diagnosis of Retinopathy of Prematurity program has trained and accredited non-physician imagers to screen premature newborns for retina disease, which has a small window of diagnosis for treatment to be effective. This “task-shifting” model allows trained imagers to replace specialists for the screening by going into the field and using a low-cost and indigenously developed camera to upload images to a telemedicine platform, where a retina specialist makes a diagnosis. They have screened 70,000 infants and several other countries have adopted KIDROP’s “task-shifting” model.

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Saving Lives through Safe and Post Abortion Care amongst Urban Young Women

Hasifah Namuli

November 12, 2021 |

Metro FM 90.8 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Better Reproductive Health, Better Communities Project is a partnership between nonprofits and medical providers working to increase awareness about unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions, while also ensuring women have better access to high-quality post-abortion care. The project has focused on providing family planning and emergency contraception to women in low-income urban areas. Volunteer peer educators and social media has helped reach over 4,000 women, spreading information about sexual and reproductive health services and connecting women to quality abortion care.

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Is Abiyamo Scheme To The Rescue For Ondo Women After Abiye's Exit?

Shola Ilesanmi

October 29, 2021 |

The Precision NG |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ondo

The Abiyamo Maternal and Child Health Insurance Scheme provides free maternal and early childhood care, including hospital deliveries, to improve maternal and childhood survival rates. The government made a budgetary provision to guarantee annual funds, ensuring the program will last beyond the current administration. Traditional birth attendants are paid for every woman they refer to a hospital and hospitals are paid via a lump sum or fee-for-service model. Media campaigns and engagement with local stakeholders have helped increase hospital deliveries and while giving women free high-quality care.

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