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  • How Kano Childhood Cancer Foundation is Supporting Cancer Survivors: tackling Childhood Cancer in Kano

    August 09, 2024 |

    Women Radio 91.7 |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    The Kano Childhood Cancer Foundation helps provide care, counseling and financial support to families with children suffering from cancer. The Foundation helps pay for treatment like chemotherapy and other medications and currently has 24 patients in their care.

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  • Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,' Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof

    August 02, 2024 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

    In collaboration with Intuitive Health, UF Health has opened three centers that offer both ER and urgent care 24/7, at the same facility so patients don’t have to decide themselves which care they need. Instead, doctors at the center make that decision and then the system bills the patient accordingly. This helps them avoid taking on expensive ER bills when that level of care may not have been necessary.

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  • An Initiative's Quest to Ensure Access to Health Insurance For People Living With Sickle Cell Anaemia

    July 30, 2024 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ekiti

    In partnership with the Ekiti State Health Insurance Scheme, the O.A. Initiative provides free basic healthcare services for people living with sickle cell anemia. The partnership currently serves over 800 people, covering the costs of care, including medicine, screenings and hospitalization, while also providing emotional and physical support.

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  • How Foundation Helps to Reduce Hemophilia Burden

    June 10, 2024 |

    Nigeria Info FM |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Since 2010, the World Federation of Hemophilia has been providing patients with free treatment to reduce the financial burden of caring for someone with this condition. People living with hemophilia can access treatment whenever they need it and have indicated their condition has been improving now that they can afford care.

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  • Keene Lions Club screenings help kids envision healthy future

    June 09, 2024 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Swanzey, New Hampshire

    The KidSight program offers free vision screenings to catch and correct eyesight problems early. The local Keene Lions Club offers these screenings throughout the year with the help of trained volunteers. Beyond screenings, the Lions Club can also fully cover the costs of any further care needed, such as glasses or more exams, for families living below 200% of the federal poverty level. The group screened 3,394 this past school year.

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  • A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America

    June 06, 2024 |

    Tradeoffs |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Modeled after a similar program in Costa Rica, Neighborhood Nursing has teams of nurses and community health workers who host weekly visits throughout the community to provide free medical care — particularly preventative care — to those who need it. Neighborhood Nursing has helped build trust between residents and healthcare workers and aims to serve more than 4,000 people within the next year.

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  • Ideas We Should Steal: Free Childcare for Women's Health

    May 29, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    New Mexico’s Early Childhood Education and Care Fund provides free childcare for families who earn up to 400% of the federal poverty level and serves about 18,423 children a month. Access to free childcare has also impacted parent’s health, particularly mothers, as they’re often the ones taking time away from themselves and their jobs to handle the majority of childcare tasks.

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  • Two Health Care Workers Have Saved Countless Lives in Appalachia. Their New Business Goes the Extra Mile.

    May 07, 2024 |

    Slate |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    The Health Wagon provides healthcare to remote, rural communities where accessibility and stigma have historically prevented residents from accessing care. The Wagon operates through multiple stationary clinics and about a dozen mobile sites across six counties. The Health Wagon takes a more individualized approach to healthcare, connecting with patients on a personal level, helping dismantle decades of barriers that prevent rural locals from accessing and understanding the care they need.

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  • 'Are nursing homes our only option?' These centers offer older adults an alternative.

    April 11, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) centers provide government-funded medical care and social services to those aged 55 and above who qualify for nursing home care but can still live independently with some assistance. There are currently more than 160 PACE centers in 32 states. PACE centers are also gaining momentum as a nursing home alternative, as several states have begun passing legislation and making policy changes to allow Medicaid to cover PACE care.

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  • Doctors Take On Dental Duties to Reach Low-Income and Uninsured Patients

    April 10, 2024 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Several doctors are working together to integrate oral health into medical checkups for children, pregnant women and others who can’t afford or access a dentist. With the help of a five-year, $6 million federal grant, a team of doctors and dental hygienists has trained 250 primary care providers in how to provide oral health care in several states, allowing patients to access dental care during regular checkups.

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