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Great gains from small grain banks

Geetanjali Krishna

December 08, 2021 |

Asia Democracy Chronicles |

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Response Location: India, Uttar Pradesh

Grain banks allow community members in need to access food grain by buying into a bank-like system. The grain bank system helps communities work together to feed themselves and gain more control of their well-being and livelihoods.

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Accelerating Progress Towards UHC in Nigeria: The Delta State Example

Kemisola Agbaoye Dara Ajala-Damisa

December 06, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Delta

The Delta State Contributory Health Scheme provides affordable healthcare services to residents and has enrolled over one million people since its establishment. The scheme is designed to improve the healthcare system, while also enhancing the capacity of healthcare facilities so that people can get quality healthcare.

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Musik als Medizin

Elisabeth Schneyder

December 05, 2021 |

Der Standard |

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Response Location: Austria

Dass Musik äußerst wohltuend sein kann, ist seit Jahrhunderten bekannt. Doch mittlerweile versteht die Forschung immer klarer, wie und wann die positive Wirkung zu Stande kommt. Messbare Effekte lassen sich bei einer Vielzahl von Krankheiten beobachten: von Bluthochdruck, Depressionen und Alzheimer bis hin zu den Nebenwirkungen einer Krebsbehandlung.

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How a Mayor Helps Keep Abuja Clean

Joy Eberebe

December 02, 2021 |

Nigeria Info FM |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

Volunteers are cleaning up Abuja while advocating for the government to fulfill its sanitation responsibilities. A radio personality galvanized volunteers through a call to action that it became clear that trash is blocking drainage, contributing to flash floods and affecting the quality of life for residents of the city.

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My husband is HIV-positive while I'm negative, but our love remains strong

Angela Oketch

November 30, 2021 |

Nation Africa |

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Response Location: Kenya

Public hospitals across Kenya offer Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP), pills for free to people who are HIV negative but are with HIV positive partners, as long as that person has an undetectable viral load. In Siaya County alone, 84,000 people are receiving the pills, which must be taken daily, and it has significantly reduced the HIV incidence there. Counseling and educational outreach are also part of the public health campaign to stop the spread of HIV to those without the virus and their future offspring.

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Makala Ya Jinsi Sekta Ya Aya Ilivyoimarika Baada Ya Ugatuzi Kwale

Ali Nariri

November 30, 2021 |

RadioRahma |

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Response Location: Kenya

Ujio wa ugatuzi umepunguza changamoto zinazoandamana na safari za mbali kutafta huduma za afya katika Kaunti ya Kwale. Kupitia mfumo hii, serikali ya kaunti imeweza kutenga fedha za kujenga zaid ya vituo vya afya 37 katika maeneo mbali mbali na kurahisisha jinsi wakaaji wanapata huduma za afya. Vituo hivyo vinapeana huduma mbali mbali za afya ikiwemo huduma za kujifungua, madawa na maabara na kadhalika.

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How Puerto Rico became the most vaccinated place in America

Nicole Narea

November 26, 2021 |

Vox |

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Response Location: United States, Puerto Rico

Political cooperation and an infrastructure of existing relationships and trust built by NGOs and community leaders during Hurricane Maria and a devastating 2019 earthquake allowed for a quick public health response to COVID-19 focused on prevention and vaccination. All trusted public figures, across political backgrounds, advocated wearing masks and getting vaccinated. As a result, Puerto Rico achieved the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate among all other U.S. state or territory. It also had among the lowest Covid-19 death rates since the start of the pandemic.

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Sex workers in Uganda rally to end spread of HIV through condom distribution and sensitization

Kabuye Ronald

November 24, 2021 |

Metro FM 90.8 |

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Response Location: Uganda

The WOMAN ORGANISATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY (WONETHA) provides free condoms to sex workers in Uganda to end the spread of HIV. The group distributes about four to five million condoms to regional centers. Everyone can access the free condoms simply by request, without facing stigma or discrimination. The group also carries out “sensitization” campaigns that teach sex workers how to practice safe sex and feel empowered to require condom use among clients. They also work with health care systems to address discrimination and social stigmas that sex workers often face when seeking health care.

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Training Mothers On Nutrition Is Saving Lives Of Children

George Kalisa

November 23, 2021 |

Rwanda Dispatch |

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Response Location: Rwanda, Kayonza District

To address community malnutrition, 22 mothers began a savings and credit cooperative, which has since grown to 59 members. An elected committee looks for the most nutritionally vulnerable members, who are eligible for a small interest-free loan to improve the nutrition of their families. The women pay a membership fee and when loans are repaid, the cooperative gets a small percentage of the profits, which can be paid in installments until the whole amount is repaid. The group’s savings has also helped them buy animals that provide nutritious food products and organic fertilizers for their crops.

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Medicare Model Helps States Control Costs – Within Limits

Eric Seaborg

November 22, 2021 |

The American Leader |

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Response Location: United States, Montana

A cost-negotiation approach similar to the one used by the federal Medicare program has saved states like Montana and New Jersey millions of dollars negotiating their state employee health insurance plans. In Montana, the state fired its major insurance carrier and set the rates it would pay health providers for care and procedures, rather than vice versa. In New Jersey, a much bigger state, the program was modified by requiring hospitals and providers to reveal its prices and then grouping hospitals by zip code and asking the state's big insurance carrier for bids geographically on that basis.

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