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  • Sala de consumo | Consumption Room

    April 09, 2024 |

    Radio Ambulante |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Mexico, Mexicali, Baja California

    La Sala is a community center that provides harm reduction services to those in need. People can come in to exchange used needles for clean ones and other supplies to make drug use safer. The Center also provides naloxone and testing for HIV and other diseases, all for free. The Center reopened in mid-2019 and has had about 1,900 visits since then.

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  • 'More eggs, more baskets': How a network of abortion pill providers works together in the wake of new threats

    April 07, 2024 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and individual states started passing strict abortion bans, groups like Aid Access, Hey Jane and Just the Pill began mailing abortion medications to women in states with bans. Six months after the Supreme Court decision, researchers saw an increase in women getting abortion medication outside of traditional healthcare settings. Aid Access alone reports mailing about 10,000 pills a month.

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  • Glasses Improve Income, Not Just Eyesight

    April 04, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    VisionSpring provides more than two million pairs of glasses each year to those in need. Studies show that, when provided with free reading glasses, workers experience a 33% increase in income as they’re able to see and aren’t forced to leave the working world early as they age.

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  • Over 3,000 Navajo Homes Receive Accurate Addresses

    April 04, 2024 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Utah

    To improve voting access for residents of the Navajo Nation, who often don’t have official addresses, the Rural Utah Project partnered with Google to assign and distribute Plus Codes, more accurate address coordinates that use longitude and latitude. The organization has since registered nearly 2,000 new voters using the Plus Codes, and the new addresses have resulted in other unexpected benefits, such as improved response time for emergency responders and better access to delivery services.

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  • Volunteers make big impact on African healthcare

    March 31, 2024 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Local community health volunteers make healthcare more accessible in rural areas by providing services like ambulance taxi rides, which quickly transport people in hard-to-reach areas to clinics when there’s an emergency. These volunteers also share medical information to promote healthy behaviors among those living in villages. There are currently about 100,000 volunteers serving rural communities across the country.

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  • Make School Food Great Again

    March 26, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Red Rabbit provides nutritious, culturally diverse lunches to students at two local schools. The program promotes cross-cultural exchange among students by exposing them to different dishes from various cultures while ensuring they’re getting healthy meals that hit all the major food groups, as most students get the majority of their meals at school.

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  • Where can Minnesota students access free mental-health care?

    March 26, 2024 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Hennepin County, Minnesota

    Public schools in Hennepin County have offered free school-based mental healthcare services to students since 2000, with the number of schools offering care continuously growing. Across the 263 Hennepin County schools that have implemented school-based mental health care, suicide attempts have decreased by 15%.

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  • Mediación para derribar las barreras lingüísticas y culturales en salud

    March 22, 2024 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    Hasta la crisis migratoria ‘de los cayucos’ no existían mediadores interculturales en salud en España. En este marco surge el Servicio de Interpretación y Mediación Intercultural sociosanitaria de Salud Entre Culturas, uno de los pocos presenciales, integrado en un hospital. Su objetivo, junto con los teléfonos de interpretación idiomática, es echar abajo las barreras lingüísticas y socioculturales en la sanidad española.

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  • Can a 'prescription' for free fruits and vegetables improve health? Studies say yes.

    March 21, 2024 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Produce prescription programs like FreshRx Oklahoma and Recipe4Health are taking off as ways to combat heart problems and other diseases like diabetes. These programs provide free fruits and veggies to participants, helping increase access to healthy foods and address food insecurity. Research over the course of a year shows Recipe4Health participants significantly lowered their cholesterol and food security rates among participants dropped from 59% to 48%.

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  • Volusia County couple offers clean start to homeless residents

    March 21, 2024 |

    Daytona Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

    A mobile shower facility called God’s Bathouse stops at churches in Florida to provide a safe environment for people experiencing homelessness to take a hot shower and address their health maintenance needs.

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