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Take this cash and call me in the morning

Julia Hotz

March 24, 2022 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Health professionals today routinely help patients access support services, like food and income assistance, that are crucial for their mental and physical health. Organizations, like Health Leads, have stepped in to manage some of this support. They encourage doctors and social workers to “prescribe” resources like food, and volunteers help by managing the logistics of things like transportation or application assistance.

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To Stem Shootings, Poughkeepsie Is Bringing Therapy Directly to City Streets

Ann Givens

January 31, 2022 |

The Trace |

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Response Location: United States, Poughkeepsie, New York

SNUG Street Outreach is a state-funded violence prevention program that brings mental health care out into the community to the places where people spend their time. Trained social workers go out into the street, people’s homes and local businesses where they establish relationships and slowly build up to providing counseling through more casual conversations, even over text messages. A community-based approach allows them to connect with people who are at high-risk of committing gun violence, as well as people who have been victims of gun violence themselves or in their social networks or communities.

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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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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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Door-to-door campaign helps Guadalupe turn the tide against COVID

Miguel Torres

January 05, 2022 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Guadalupe, Arizona

After becoming a COVID-19 hotspot, Guadalupe built partnerships and built trust among community members to effectively track cases, dispel misinformation, and increase vaccinations. The Town Council partnered with Pascua Yaqui tribal leaders, the broader Maricopa County, Native Health, and a COVID-19 response team composed of faculty, staff, and students at Arizona State University to lower infection rates. A combination of at-home testing, contact tracing and, eventually, vaccination events helped, as did the use of promotoras – community health workers who talk with residents to help ease anxiety.

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Alleviating the plights of diabetes patients with free drugs and medical checks

Bayo Wahab

January 02, 2022 |

Pulse Nigeria |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Feed The Vulnerable Families Foundation works provides free medicine, checkups, and help with medical bills to people living with diabetes. The organization collaborates with health centers across 32 states to identify people who would benefit from services and reaches medical volunteers through its social media platforms. During outreach events, people are tested for diabetes, given free medications and education materials about living with the disease, and more serious cases are referred to local hospitals for urgent care.

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He Almost Died From Hypertension; Now He Helps Others Live Free Of The Disease

Violet Ikong

December 20, 2021 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

Rays of Hope Support Initiative or ROHSI conducts outreach in rural parts of Nigeria to educate people about hypertension and diabetes. A group of volunteers, including medical professionals, provides free screenings, medical advice, and free medications to people with hypertension and diabetes at their biannual community outreaches.

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North Carolina's Latino residents are more vaccinated than the non-hispanic population

Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven

November 01, 2021 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Hispanic residents in North Carolina went from having one of the lowest vaccination rates to one of the highest. The health department ran bilingual ads on a variety of media types, including social media and held virtual town halls and Facebook Live events. They also paid community health workers in each county to use their existing relationships with Latino residents and improve access to information about the vaccine and to the vaccine itself. Outreach from trusted ambassadors has proven more effective among communities that have deep mistrust of institutionalized structures.

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REACH: Taking Quality Healthcare to Communities in Kano State

Bashar Abubakar

November 01, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

REACH (“Reaching Everyone with Accessible Community Health”) provides preventive and curative healthcare through a community-based health insurance initiative that offers different packages of care. Community members pay a monthly fee for the insurance, which gives them access to treatment for all ailments including prescription medicines. About 11,000 people are served locally by 22 community health workers but are referred to health clinics and hospitals for more serious issues. Partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and the nonprofit arm of a local clinic helps make treatment costs affordable.

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‘I understand your concern': Sedgwick County's COVID Ambassador program beats back vaccine hesitancy

Celia Hack

October 21, 2021 |

The Wichita Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Sedgwick County, Kansas

The COVID Ambassador program trains people to listen, be empathetic, and acknowledge people’s COVID-19 vaccine concerns. Ambassadors’ training includes substantial practice talking to people who are resistant to getting vaccinated and they receive ongoing support at bi-monthly meetings, which has increased their confidence and led to more conversations with community members hesitant to get vaccinated. Like other community health worker programs, the ambassador program’s ability to be successful relies on the idea that people trust information from their peers more than from the government.

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Rural Health Mission Nigeria: Providing Lifesaving Care to Mothers and Babies in Plateau State

Bashar Abubakar

October 18, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Wase Local Government Area, Plateau State

The Lifesaving Intervention Project offers postnatal services to mothers and newborns via community health workers who are trained in maternal and child health. After giving birth, the women receive follow-up care over the phone and through home visits and are referred to health facilities when additional care is needed. The support services have increased the percent of women getting post-natal care and have improved postpartum mental health. The health workers also provide information about the health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, delivering in facilities, and birth control to space out children.

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