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  • University students across Chicago influence schools to stock period products

    December 01, 2023 |

    ILLatinoNews.com (Illinois Latino News) |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Blood Buds is a university student-led organization that works to fight period poverty by contacting student advisors to ensure period product dispensers across campus are consistently filled. The group also pushed the university to add a contact number to dispensers to students can call or text to let someone know the machine is empty. Currently, the university has 34 dispensers across campus.

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  • Inside the fight to add gender-affirming care to university health insurance plans

    November 30, 2023 |

    Xtra |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    Insurance provider GreenShield, in collaboration with university insurance broker Studentcare, provides lifetime coverage of up to $10,000 for gender-affirming care procedures not covered by provincial health insurance. This insurance benefit provides care to more than 200,000 university students across 20 participating schools in the country.

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  • For families in the South struggling to find gender-affirming care, small grants make a huge difference

    November 29, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Grove Hill, Alabama

    LGBTQ+ organizations in the South, like The Campaign for Southern Equality, are raising money to give to families seeking gender-affirming care services for transgender youth. The money is used to cover travel costs to states without care bans, as well as gender-affirming clothing and other supplies. So far, the group has distributed about 350 $500 grants. In addition to funding, the group also works to ensure families have accurate information about gender-affirming care bans in their state, as the legal landscape is confusing and constantly changing.

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  • With law enforcement sparse, Alaska villages build network of safety for survivors

    November 29, 2023 |

    Alaska Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Emmonak, Alaska

    Amidst a lack of law enforcement in remote areas, the Emmonak Women’s Shelter has begun training people in small villages to become victim resource advocates to connect those who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault with shelter and care.

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  • The mobile clinic helping indigent Nigerians stay alive

    November 24, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    To enhance rural access to healthcare in Nigeria, the Parkers Mobile Clinic partners with local volunteers, healthcare professionals, educators, and community development advocates to identify and remedy unique healthcare gaps. Outreach programs are then designed to provide localized mental health support, nutritional counseling, and other reproductive health services.

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  • This Nigerian's campaign for the HPV jab is a fight against more than cancer

    November 23, 2023 |

    Vaccines Work |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri, Borno State

    To increase awareness of cervical cancer and the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine, Al-Ansar radio shares information about the disease, the vaccine and works to dispel speculation and misinformation about vaccines in general to those in underserved and hard-to-reach areas, as they’re often hardest to get vaccinated.

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  • Caregivers are struggling. Virtual support may help.

    November 21, 2023 |

    New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Greece, New York

    Trualta is an online resource that provides free training, tips and other resources for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. The platform is available in 32 states and has been used by more than 12,000 caregivers since it was rolled out in May 2022. Studies have found caregivers who use the app feel more confident in providing care and overall less burnt out.

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  • Desafios e soluções para melhorar a cobertura pré-natal em comunidades ribeirinhas na Amazônia

    November 17, 2023 |

    Amazônia Vox |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Abaetuba

    A abertura de unidades básicas de saúde (UBS) fixas em comunidades ribeirinhas e a existência de uma UBS em barco melhoraram o atendimento de mulheres grávidas. Ainda existem muitas limitações, mas os moradores são atendidos sem precisar fazer deslocamentos longos.

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  • 'She Made Me Feel Seen and Heard.' Black Doulas Offer Support That Can Help Mom & Improve Birth Outcomes

    November 05, 2023 |

    MindSite News |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    Doulas are becoming a more widely used resource among pregnant people, particularly Black women who historically face racial inequities during pregnancy and childbirth. Groups like The Doula Network and the Southern Birth Justice Network are working to expand doula services by training and connecting pregnant women with certified doulas. Doula care is more holistic and studies show that women using doulas have about a 65% reduction in their odds of developing postpartum depression or anxiety when a doula is present during labor and delivery.

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  • Local pediatric mental health supports improving, but demand still not met

    November 04, 2023 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    Amongst an increased need for mental health care, Monadnock Family Services is offering group therapy to children to get them in for some level of care as staff shortages make offering individual therapy too difficult. The American Psychological Association found that group therapy is as effective as individual therapy for most conditions — as well as more efficient. Monadnock Family Services offers a variety of groups depending on a patient’s interests and identity, like groups for those who enjoy hiking to groups for members of the LGBTQ+ community.

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