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

    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

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

    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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  • How Baltimore Escaped the Worst of Covid-19

    November 01, 2021 |

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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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  • REACH: Taking Quality Healthcare to Communities in Kano State

    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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  • ¿Hay un cáncer 100% prevenible? Si, el de cérvix

    October 29, 2021 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    El sistema de salud de Costa Rica ha implementado un programas de tamizaje para el cáncer de cervix que le han permitido disminuir los casos de cáncer avanzado que detectan y así disminuir la mortalidad pro este cancer. El país tiene de los índices más bajos de latinoamérica de mortalidad y de los más altos de supervivencia.

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  • Is Abiyamo Scheme To The Rescue For Ondo Women After Abiye's Exit?

    October 29, 2021 |

    The Precision NG |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ondo

    The Abiyamo Maternal and Child Health Insurance Scheme provides free maternal and early childhood care, including hospital deliveries, to improve maternal and childhood survival rates. The government made a budgetary provision to guarantee annual funds, ensuring the program will last beyond the current administration. Traditional birth attendants are paid for every woman they refer to a hospital and hospitals are paid via a lump sum or fee-for-service model. Media campaigns and engagement with local stakeholders have helped increase hospital deliveries and while giving women free high-quality care.

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  • How a Group of Black Doctors Got Philadelphia Vaccinated

    October 28, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    More than half of Philadelphia’s Black residents were vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine due to the efforts of the Black Doctors Consortium: A group of health-care professionals that was present within the community through mobile-testing sites, general health checkups, and a presence that built trust during the pandemic. When the vaccine became available the Black Doctors Consortium was able to draw large numbers of people to their vaccination site.

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  • How Re-usable Sanitary Pads Are Curbing High Drop-out Rates In Disadvantaged Communities

    October 27, 2021 |

    Metro FM 90.8 |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Lack of access to menstrual products contributes to the high drop rates among girls between primary and secondary school. A collaboration between civil society and government organizations created the Menstrual Health Component for Primary Schools Project to educate both girls and boys, as well as providing girls with a menstrual health kit that includes reusable pads and a menstrual cup as well as a container to clean them. Over 500 students participated in the program in September 2021 with participants feeling empowered to be able to stay in school.

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  • Electric school bus helps Latina moms combat air pollution

    October 26, 2021 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    There are about 480,000 school buses in the country, less than one percent of them are electric. Replacing diesel school buses with electric ones would reduce greenhouse emissions by 5.3 million tons a year, it would also be better for students lungs. More than 4 in 10 people in the country live in neighborhoods with unhealthy air. In Arizona, a group of mom's organized and were able to convince the school board to purchase and electric bus. Then, they garnered votes to help pass a bond to purchase the bus.

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