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  • Health Beat #4 | Can the NHI fix SA's rural doctor dilemma?

    The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation helps to produce rural healthcare workers by helping students from rural schools enter the health field, getting work in hospitals from the areas where they grew up. The Foundation has produced 528 healthcare professionals, working across 16 different disciplines.

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  • Towards Cancer Elimination in Africa: Is Rwanda the Example to Follow?

    After two years of activity, the National Vaccination Program against Human Papillomavirus (HPV)  reached over 90% vaccination coverage. Following the success of the vaccination program, a low-cost screening program was launched. With more vaccinations and screening for early detection, 2,575 HPV vaccines were administered, 62,468 women and girls were screened, 5,563 people were treated for pre-cancerous lesions and 1230 cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed in 2021.

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  • As assisted dying broadens, countries wrestle with new ethical lines

    Despite differing opinions and moral and ethical boundaries among voters and residents, access to euthanasia, or assisted dying, is expanding. Worldwide, there are currently 25 jurisdictions that allow some form of assisted dying, including 10 countries, 11 U.S. states, and four Australian states, with access and regulations varying by region.

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  • 6 weeks, 1 bed, 10 lives: A Newport recovery center provides space for hope in the opioid crisis

    The Journey to Recovery Community Center in Newport provides short-term, 24-hour peer support for people in crisis from substance use who want to begin their recovery. The Center not only works with those struggling with addiction but also aims to help reduce the strain on local hospitals’ emergency departments. The Center has since expanded to another location and received grant funding to continue scaling up its operations.

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  • Hospitals look to storytelling to reduce stigma toward people with addiction

    The theater company Summit Performance Indianapolis collects stories from people experiencing substance use and addiction and then turns those stories into monologues that are performed by professional actors and filmed for audiences of healthcare professionals. The monologues show the diversity of people’s experiences with substance use and aim to help healthcare providers better relate to people with substance use disorders to decrease stigma and bias and improve the quality of care patients receive.

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  • Many ERs offer minimal care for miscarriage. One group wants that to change

    TEAMM Project — short for Training, Education and Advocacy in Miscarriage Management — is a nonprofit that hosts workshops for healthcare providers in more than 100 sites in 19 states on everything they need to know about miscarriage care. Miscarriage care is often lacking in emergency rooms, which can be dangerous for the person having a miscarriage. To remedy this, TEAMM Project educates and advocates for the use of manual vacuum aspiration kits, training providers on how to use them.

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  • Cancer treatment is a burden too heavy, but an NGO is coming to the rescue

    The Foundation for Cancer Care is a non-profit that works to increase access to cancer care for those who can’t afford it, as well as cancer prevention efforts. The Foundation offers free cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. So far, the Foundation has conducted over 4,000 free cancer screenings and trained over 1,500 medical professionals in various areas revolving around cancer care.

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  • Agriculture Helping to Fight Stigma and Discrimination associated wth HIV -Part 2

    Kilimo kimesaidia sana kumaliza unyanyapaa na kutengwa kwa watu wanaouguwa ugonjwa wa ukimwi kaunti ya Kakamega. Baada ya vikundi vya watu wanaouguwa ugonjwa huo kupata mafunzo ya kilimo cha kisasa. Sasa wanapata mazao ambayo huuzia jamii na kwa kufanya hivyo wanakuwa na ukaribu nao.

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  • NoScar: how Ukrainians are helped to get rid of scars of war

    The NoScar initiative unites volunteer doctors from all over the country to provide free cosmetic surgeries to those with scars due to the ongoing war. There are more than 40 plastic surgeons providing the procedures and together they’ve served 30 patients, as well as soldiers.

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  • Agriculture Helping to Fight Stigma and Discrimination associated wth HIV-Part 1

    Mashirika yasiyokuwa ya kiserikali yamejitolea kuwainua kimaisha na kuwafunza ukulima vikundi vya watu wanaouguwa ugonjwa wa ukimwi kaunti ya Kakamega.Hii ni baada ya waathiriwa hao kuja pamoja kutiana moyo baada ya kuhisi kutengwa na jamii.Mashirika hayo yanawafunza mbinu za kisasa za ukulima zinazowapatia mazao ambayo wanaweza kuuza na kupata pesa za kujikimu kimaisha.

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