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  • Support for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder welcomed, but families say more needs to be done

    The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Center of Excellence — which recently received an increase in funding — works to connect families with education and resources regarding fetal alcohol syndrome disorder (FASD). The funding is intended to address the backlog of families in need of a formal FASD diagnosis.

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  • Boat Clinics Are Taking Healthcare To The Remote And Inaccessible Islands Of Sundarbans

    Boat clinics provide free mobile health care to those living in remote islands who typically struggle to access medical care. The clinics provide access to medicine, minor surgeries and testing and even set up camps off the boat in school buildings to make it easier for elderly locals to access care.

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  • How cash transfer beneficiaries build wealth in Kwara

    A guaranteed income program in Nigerian is helping recipients build businesses, expand existing ones, and build equity.

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  • In Kalamazoo, a Warmline's early intervention may help some from needing to use a Hotline

    Operators for the early crisis intervention line Warmline lend a listening ear to Kalamazoo, Michigan, residents feeling sad, overwhelmed, or in need of advice. The operator then provides information about organizations and groups that may help.

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  • How an Interfaith Model Helped Local Coalition End Columbus Day

    Indigenous and Italian American activists in Rochester, N.Y. built on an interfaith model to campaign for a resolution replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day. The committee focused on centering Indigenous perspectives, involving Italian Americans in the process, and encouraging community dialogue through mediated conversation circles.

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  • How Nigeria's Only Biogas Mini-grid Project Failed With Lessons To Learn

    A local farm builds a biogas electric grid for its community to access electricity. The grid is powered with chicken feces through anaerobic digestion, which occurs when bacteria break down the waste into a gas.

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  • Should Kalamazoo County's first-responders include mental-health clinicians?

    Crisis Intervention Training classes provide law enforcement with the necessary knowledge to effectively help those experiencing a mental health crisis. Currently, planning is underway to enhance this training to help strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the mental health system by better collecting data, screening calls and opening a downtown urgent care center.

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  • AMR Testing Improving Treatment of Severe Infections in Kenya

    Considering the increase in antimicrobial resistance or AMR in patients hospitalized with severe infections, Thika Level 5 Hospital is one of a number of medical centers that are using antimicrobial sensitivity testing to ensure effective treatment and quicker recovery. As the uptake of testing slowly improves, it is also contributing to increased data and research on the issue, which will help experts to come up with better strategies and plans for treatment in the future.

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  • Vaccinated at the Ball: A True Story About Trusted Messengers

    Members of a local Black, LGBTQ+ community joined together with Chicago's COVID Rapid Response team to bring COVID-19 vaccinations to the city's Black and Latino LGBTQ+ population — a group that is severely lagging behind the general population in terms of vaccination rates.

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  • Fire Returned: Putting fire on the ground with the Butte Prescribed Burn Association

    Volunteers from the Butte Prescribed Burn Association trains landowners to conduct controlled burns on their properties, which reduces vegetation that fuels intense wildfires and opens up space to bring back native plant species. The trainings have made residents in high fire-risk areas feel more secure and the association has also helped them with things like applying for grants to fund prescribed fires.

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