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Maternal Health And Scan Use In Uganda

Olivia Namaloba

October 01, 2021 |

Science Africa |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Uganda

M-SCAN is improving maternal health outcomes in Uganda by offering mobile ultrasounds to pregnant women. The health ministry recommends at least one ultrasound before a woman gives birth, but there are many barriers to access of these scans, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. M-SCAN has brought scans to over 1,000 women. The scans are brought to the homes of pregnant women at no cost. The mobile ultrasound scans have improved the ability of medical professionals to provide appropriate care to mothers and their newborns and have also decreased mothers’ anxieties by giving them peace of mind.

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How programs across Colorado aim to end "period poverty" with free tampons and pads

Fran Kritz

September 22, 2021 |

The Colorado Sun |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

The Grace Upon Grace Project seeks to address period poverty – the inability of people who menstruate to afford sanitary supplies – by providing free access to tampons and pads. The organization hosts a monthly free product distribution event that serves hundreds of people. They advertise events on social media, but will also provide a set number of supplies to people in need who contact them in-between events. The organization will deliver supplies to those who qualify but cannot access the events. Women can also receive supplies of diapers and pull-ups for children if needed.

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Lebanese women fight period poverty with eco-friendly alternatives

Zainab Chamoun

September 09, 2021 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Lebanon

Several products are helping alleviate period poverty experienced by many Lebanese women. One entrepreneur is offering an affordable alternative to disposable menstruation products at a time when much of the country is experiencing economic hardship. Eco-friendly, reusable pads and cups are becoming the preferred option for health, financial, and environmental reasons.

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Improving maternal healthcare in rural Nigeria with free drugs and birthing kits

Bayo Wahab

September 09, 2021 |

Pulse Nigeria |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

Hacey Health Initiative and Alabiyamo Maternal and Child Healthcare Foundation are improving maternal and newborn health in rural communities. The groups have provided more than 50,000 birthing kits containing sterilized tools and other essentials and handed out over 100,000 long-lasting treated nets to prevent malaria. Women and infants can get medications and important vaccinations, along with clothes and baby food. The care is free and the groups work with community gatekeepers, like leaders in local markets, midwives, and other traditional birthing assistants, whose buy in is important to build trust.

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Helping migrant mothers to give their babies a healthy start

Irene Caselli

August 24, 2021 |

InfoMigrants |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Greece

AMURTEL Greece offers support for immigrant women from pregnancy until their babies are two years old. AMURTEL offers one-on-one appointments with midwives and infant feeding consultants, group classes, and peer-to-peer support groups with people from similar origins. Midwives can visit mothers in their homes or refugee camps. Breastfeeding support is an important focus of the organization, since many new mothers who would breastfeed in their home countries feel discouraged to do so by Western doctors.

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'A Beautiful Feeling': Refugee Women In Germany Learn The Joy Of Riding Bikes

Deborah Amos

August 22, 2021 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany

The nonprofit, Bikeygees, teaches refugee women how to ride and repair bikes. Many of the women come from countries where they weren’t allowed to ride bikes, which are a staple mode of transportation in Germany. Volunteers in 15 locations have taught 1,100 women how to ride a bike, and many more have learned to fix bikes. Bikeygees has distributed 400 ‘bike kits’ that include a bike, helmet, lock, and tools to women who learn how to ride a bike, how to fix a bike, and the German rules of the road. These skills help the women to integrate into German society and feel a sense of freedom and self-sufficiency.

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Menstrual hygiene solutions: Kaduna girls take action

Ismail Abdulaziz Magdalene Offiong Ukuedojor Yusuf Ummul Idris Attah

August 01, 2021 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

Over 200 teenage girls in northwestern Nigeria have been trained to produce reusable sanitary napkins and tampons, which they can use for personal use and sell to make extra money. In fact, they have sold over 15,000 packs of reusable menstrual hygiene products worth 3.5 million naira, both improving the lives of users and becoming a viable livelihood for communities. The kits contain three cotton-based reusable products, each of which last three to six months. The project was supported as part of the United Nations’ COVID-19 response in Nigeria.

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‘I'm not alone': survivors organise against sexual violence in Colombia

Megan Janetsky Kiran Stallone

July 22, 2021 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Colombia

Mujeres Sembrando Vida is a network of women that supports victims of sexual and domestic violence by guiding them through the reporting process, ensuring cases are handled appropriately by authorities, and holding workshops for women about gender equality and their rights. The group has also set up a collective savings account to help women in emergencies.

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As Men Lead Charge Against Period Poverty In Nigeria, More Girls Now Make Their Pads

Ifedayo Ogunyemi

July 12, 2021 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The Feyisayo Sobowale Initiative (TFSI) works to address Period poverty, the lack of access to menstrual products by people who cannot afford them. In the four-hour training, TFSI distributes free sanitary products and teaches girls in schools how to make reusable pads so as to avoid the dangers of using old rags or paper. The girls receive a pattern and pamphlet with the steps to turn locally sourced cotton fabric into a sanitary pad that can be washed and reused for up to a year. The pad consists of two pieces of the cotton fabric sewn together with a pre-cut towel material inserted between them.

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Julia Burke Maternity Centre blends trado-modern methods to provide quality care

Aloysius Chidiebere Ugwu Adaobi N. Ezeokoli

June 21, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The GEANCO Foundation provides services to increase the health of pregnant women, including an anemia clinic that provides free antenatal care and a stipend to support women’s nutritional needs. Because many women prefer to give birth with traditional birth attendants (TBAs), they’ve trained hundreds of TBAs to provide safe and hygienic care to pregnant women. Post-training, TBAs are supervised by a nurse midwife for compliance and lab technicians test women for more serious complications. GEANCO built sanitary modular clinics, with beds and a delivery room, for two TBAs with plans for more.

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