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  • Seattle set aside $100k for street sinks. Two years later, where are they?

    March 31, 2023 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Several U.S. cities — and groups like the Clean Hands Collective — are obtaining funding to install public sinks to provide those experiencing homelessness access to better hygiene, thus combating the spread of disease. Some cities, like Portland, have even created portable toilets and other cities are installing public showers as well.

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  • Bei Anruf Arzt: Ein digitaler Gesundheitsdienst in Uganda

    March 31, 2023 |

    Riffreporter |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    In Uganda gibt es rund 30 mal weniger Ärzte pro Einwohner als in Deutschland. Das Unternehmen Rocket Health bietet deshalb Beratung und Diagnosen am Telefon sowie einen mobilen Labor- und Apothekenservice an. Dadurch entlastet es Krankenhäuser, verbessert die Prävention und beschleunigt den Zugang zu medizinischer Versorgung.

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

    March 31, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    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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  • 'Harm Reduction Saves Lives': Meet the Appalachians Doing the Work

    March 30, 2023 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several groups in the Appalachian region are turning toward harm-reduction strategies to help those struggling with drug abuse. Research shows that those who participate in syringe exchange programs are five times more likely to enter treatment than those who didn’t participate. Groups like Holler Harm Reduction and Choice Health Network host scheduled drop-ins where they deliver supplies, provide naloxone training and education, and administer disease testing wound care to those in need.

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  • How Undergraduate Female-led Initiative is Closing Menstrual Awareness Gap for Girls

    March 30, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    Girls&More educates girls on menstruation, puberty and menstrual hygiene. The group travels to schools and throughout rural communities to talk to girls and provide them with sanitary pads and other resources they may struggle to access.

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  • Clinic Throws Survivors Of Violence A Lifeline In Nigeria's Adamawa State

    March 30, 2023 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Numan, Adamawa

    Hope Center offers free medical services, including psychosocial and counseling services, for victims of sexual and gender-based violence. The Center also collaborates with the legal system to work to achieve justice for survivors.

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  • Street medicine clinics bring much-needed care to L.A.'s unhoused

    March 30, 2023 |

    AfroLA |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Groups like the Sidewalk Project are gathering volunteers to provide street medicine and care to people experiencing homelessness, many of whom are trans sex workers in need of basic care items beyond just clothes and food. These volunteers come to those in need with lived experiences, as many of them have experienced homelessness themselves, making them easier to trust as they provide important services like HIV and trans wellness care.

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  • Responding to Oregon youth mental health needs with evidence-based approach

    March 30, 2023 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    LifeWorks NW is a non-profit that provides mental health services and treatment programs, like the Adolescent Day Treatment program, focusing on teens and young adults who show early signs of psychosis. Mental health professionals have been working with youth and their families for 60 years and have programs in almost every county across the state.

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  • What life in the blue bus says about the challenge to help the homeless

    March 29, 2023 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    The Nomad Alliance bus is a warming center on wheels that provides people experiencing homelessness a safe place to stay. The bus accepts anyone who needs help, so long as they help keep the bus clean, and can take in about 20 people at a time.

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  • When Wildfires Choke California, This Activist Helps Get Masks To Those Who Need Them Most

    March 29, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Mask Oakland uses donations to distribute masks to overlooked and marginalized committees that need them most when wildfire smoke fills the sky in California.

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