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India's social health activists are tackling cancer in rural communities

Meenakshi J

April 10, 2023 |

Nature |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Social health activists provide health care services to local communities, serving as a liaison between the community and public health system. Social health activists provide maternal care, polio immunizations, communicable disease prevention and promote and educate locals on nutrition, sanitation, and healthy living practices. Every village has a social health activist who is from that village and speaks the local language, allowing them to build trust and connect with locals in need of care.

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Grand Rapids' major effort to fundamentally reform behavioral health services becoming a model for others

Julie Mack

April 09, 2023 |

MLive.com |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Organizations like Network 180 are working to pair social workers with law enforcement to answer 911 calls to redirect those in need of care away from jail or emergency rooms, where people experiencing a mental health crisis are often sent. The group has also helped establish a peer respite center and a separate space for psychiatric patients at an area emergency room. These efforts are all done to establish a continuum of care in local behavioral health services, providing alternatives to incarceration and inpatient treatment.

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Confronting Your Fears in Virtual Reality Therapy

Brianna Abbott

April 08, 2023 |

Wall Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Florida

Virtual reality is being used to facilitate exposure therapy to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder and phobias by immersing them in virtual simulations to confront the problem at hand. Given its effectiveness, researchers and developers like XRHealth Inc. and BehaVR are working to make virtual-reality therapy more accessible by providing at-home treatment options.

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Crisis Response Team takes collaborative approach to mental health crises

Emmett Gartner

April 07, 2023 |

The Frederick News-Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Frederick, Maryland

The Frederick Police Department’s Crisis Response Team combines law enforcement with paramedics and mental health professionals to respond to calls. The team can showcase each person’s expertise as needed, providing more individualized care when responding to mental health emergency calls.

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Carter Kits help first responders take better care of patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Rylee Barnsdale

April 04, 2023 |

Flintside |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Frankenmuth, Michigan

Carter Kits are provided to trained first responders, and contain sensory items, like noise-canceling headphones and weighted blankets, that help distract children with Autism Spectrum Disorder from the stress of being involved in an emergency situation. There are currently 6,000 Carter Kits in circulation across 34 states and one Canadian province.

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People Fixing The World: Kangaroo care for premature babies

Myra Anubi Zoe Gelber

April 04, 2023 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

Kangaroo mother care is a more affordable, accessible way to care for premature babies. It involves having mothers have 24-hour skin-to-skin contact, much like baby kangaroos in their mother’s pouch. This lifesaving practice is used in more than 50 countries worldwide. Studies show that babies who experienced kangaroo care grew up to be less hyperactive, better able to express their emotions and had stronger family relationships.

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Trans shelter residents are upcycling discarded flowers to fund their healthcare

Ashish Kumar Kataria

April 04, 2023 |

LGBTQ Nation |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, New Delhi

Residents of Garima Greh, an organization that provides transgender people with housing and necessities in New Delhi, started a small business making potpourri from the flowers discarded by local temples. They use the funding to pay for necessary medical expenses and gender-affirming care.

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Student-led water testing spurs action at Detroit's School at Marygrove

Ethan Bakuli

April 03, 2023 |

Chalkbeat Detroit |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Concerns and advocacy from earth science students in Detroit who conducted their own tests of water hydration stations across their school building led to an immediate administrative response. The students lobbied school, district, and city officials, advocating for increased testing and routine inspections of water fountain filters and the building’s pipe infrastructure.

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Excluded for having sickle cell disease, she started a group keeping warriors safe

Peace Oladipo

April 01, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara

The Damilola Sickle Cell Foundation provides emotional support and resources to people with sickle cell anemia. The group connects with those in need via WhatsApp and provides monetary support, connections to medical attention and treatment, and support from those who understand what it’s like to have the disease. The group has about 200 people that it checks on and provides free medications to each month.

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He wouldn't cure only his son, so he got franchise for kids with brain disorder

Violet Ikong

March 31, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

The Dyslexia Foundation Nigeria aims to create awareness about dyslexia and ADHD through radio and TV talk shows, spreading information to encourage parents to seek out testing and training for their children with dyslexia. The Foundation also offers more affordable testing and brain training for children with dyslexia that helps to improve their learning ability over time.

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