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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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Slow But Steady Progress: Inside Nigeria's Effort To End Open Defecation

Innocent Eteng

November 19, 2021 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria

In 2012, the federal government and the United Nations created the Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion in Nigeria (RUSHPIN). Through this partnership, they were able to engage community leaders, get them to mobilize, and organize community meetings. Six years later hundreds of communities gained an "Open Defecation Free" status, going from 47 million to 38.4 million people who engage in open defecation.

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Saving Lives through Safe and Post Abortion Care amongst Urban Young Women

Hasifah Namuli

November 12, 2021 |

Metro FM 90.8 |

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Response Location: Uganda

Better Reproductive Health, Better Communities Project is a partnership between nonprofits and medical providers working to increase awareness about unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions, while also ensuring women have better access to high-quality post-abortion care. The project has focused on providing family planning and emergency contraception to women in low-income urban areas. Volunteer peer educators and social media has helped reach over 4,000 women, spreading information about sexual and reproductive health services and connecting women to quality abortion care.

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How Vermont Is Winning the COVID Vaccination War

Susan Milligan

November 11, 2021 |

USA Today |

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Response Location: United States, Vermont

A centralized communication and record keeping system, along with ensuring convenience for the largely rural population, led Vermont to the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate nationwide. The centralized system keeps track of data and provides consistent guidance. Trusted messengers, like first responders, local pharmacists, and nonprofits like the Association of Africans Living in Vermont, provide culturally competent information that eases hesitancy. Along with mass-vaccination events, house calls and pop-up clinics at small businesses and local events made getting vaccinated convenient and comfortable.

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From Heaps of Garbage, Lagos Improves on Waste Disposal, Sanitation

Charles Ajunwa

November 10, 2021 |

This Day Live |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Cleaner Lagos project works to clean up the state, aiming toward maintaining a clean and healthy environment at all times. From waste management services to incentivized waste sorting and stricter regulations, the project has helped to reduce the spread of diseases caused by poor sanitation across the state.

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Evidence-based reentry resources key for sicker incarcerated population, researchers say

Elizabeth Thompson

November 08, 2021 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Community health workers with North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program (NC FIT) counsel people recently released from jails and prisons to help them get the care they need for mental and physical health problems. The program closes some but not all of the gaps left by the state's inadequate Medicaid coverage and prison health services. Banking on the trust that comes with shared experiences, the formerly incarcerated health workers can connect people with medication-assisted treatment for substance use, covid-related treatments, and mental health care, all common ailments post-incarceration.

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How Malta Became a COVID-19 Overachiever

Eva von Schaper Daiva Repečkaitė

November 05, 2021 |

The Inoculation |

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Response Location: Malta

The island of Malta fully vaccinated 90% of the population over the age of 12 against COVID-19 relatively quickly. They quickly vaccinated the most vulnerable in the population, including the elderly and healthcare workers and sent mobile clinics to where the population was. This, along with an effective media campaign that answered questions and dispelled misinformation, was particularly important in getting people, especially young people, vaccinated. A nationwide culture of trust in doctors was very important in the vaccination success.

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How Baltimore Escaped the Worst of Covid-19

Michael Ollove

November 01, 2021 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

The city of Baltimore escaped the worst of COVID-19 with high vaccination rates, high rates of health coverage, and strong support from political leaders who cooperated across ideological lines. Medicaid expansion helped achieve relatively high health insurance rates. Officials were also a bit more and cautious in reopening businesses and schools and relaxing mask requirements. The city didn’t escape the death and illness seen during the pandemic, but for these reasons it fared better than comparable areas.

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North Carolina's Latino residents are more vaccinated than the non-hispanic population

Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven

November 01, 2021 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Hispanic residents in North Carolina went from having one of the lowest vaccination rates to one of the highest. The health department ran bilingual ads on a variety of media types, including social media and held virtual town halls and Facebook Live events. They also paid community health workers in each county to use their existing relationships with Latino residents and improve access to information about the vaccine and to the vaccine itself. Outreach from trusted ambassadors has proven more effective among communities that have deep mistrust of institutionalized structures.

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REACH: Taking Quality Healthcare to Communities in Kano State

Bashar Abubakar

November 01, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

REACH (“Reaching Everyone with Accessible Community Health”) provides preventive and curative healthcare through a community-based health insurance initiative that offers different packages of care. Community members pay a monthly fee for the insurance, which gives them access to treatment for all ailments including prescription medicines. About 11,000 people are served locally by 22 community health workers but are referred to health clinics and hospitals for more serious issues. Partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and the nonprofit arm of a local clinic helps make treatment costs affordable.

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