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  • The 15-Minute City Is Saving My Life

    February 22, 2024 |

    Next Avenue |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The 15-minute city is an urban planning concept that encourages planners to develop neighborhoods that are easily accessible within a 15-minute walk, bike or public transit ride. The 15-minute city idea promotes health and wellness by encouraging residents to walk and bike more, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and fosters a sense of community among locals.

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  • Can Prescription Meal Kits Help Fight Diabetes?

    January 22, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    Healthy Food Rx is a prescription meal kit delivery program that delivers twice-monthly meal kits to adults with diabetes, providing them with produce and other healthy foods. The program addresses food insecurity, while also making a case for the power of using food as medicine to manage chronic conditions.

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  • Nonprofit helps Minnesota youth touched by domestic violence

    January 17, 2024 |

    Project Optimist |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, Minnesota

    Rivers of Hope provides counseling and support services to youth who have experienced or witnessed violence at home. A primary goal of Rivers of Hope is to teach youth what healthy relationships look like and empower them to build and seek out healthy connections. The program started in 1991 and provides support and education to about 150 to 200 students each year, free of charge.

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  • The Cheap, Clever Promise of 'Water ATMs'

    January 15, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Warangal, Telangana

    The nonprofit Safe Water Network is training entrepreneurs in India to treat and filter water so they can run water ATMs. These businesses supply safe drinking water to communities that lack access to it for about half the price of any other option.

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  • As the U.S. Struggles With a Stillbirth Crisis, Australia Offers a Model for How to Do Better

    January 10, 2024 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: Australia

    With its focus on research and the launch of the Safer Baby Bundle, Australia is ahead of the curve in preventing stillbirths. The Safer Baby Bundle includes evidence-based practices to prevent stillbirths including helping pregnant patients quit smoking, regularly monitoring fetal growth and movement and encouraging safe pregnancy practices like sleeping on one’s side. Since the launch of these strategies, the country sees about six stillbirths a day, whereas the U.S. experiences about 60 stillbirths each day.

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  • Detroit agency launches mobile mental health unit. Can it slow a revolving door?

    January 08, 2024 |

    BridgeDetroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network launched a series of mobile response vans that travel to area parks, libraries and neighborhoods to address the community’s growing mental health needs. The vans are intended to more proactively reach people experiencing a mental health crisis and minimize emergency room visits and police confrontations by getting them the appropriate care.

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  • Keene-based syringe exchange becoming a resource for gender-affirming care

    December 30, 2023 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    The G.R.O.W. syringe service program (SSPs) helps people who use drugs and those who need injection supplies for gender-affirming hormone therapy get access to clean syringes and safely dispose of needles. Community-based programs like G.R.O.W. also offer first-aid kits, at-home HIV tests, Narcan and personal care items. There are currently 13 SSPs registered in the state. In 2023, G.R.O.W. alone distributed more than 44,400 syringes and collected about 37,700.

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  • “If Your Cycle is Normal, Why Play with It?”

    December 07, 2023 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    Some people who experience debilitating periods are using hormone therapy as a means to manage or suppress menstruation. These norethisterone tablets can be seen as a tool for reproductive freedom, allowing people to have some control over when and how their body menstruates.

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  • De l'alcool médical produit à partir de fruits avariés

    December 06, 2023 |

    SciDev.Net |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: Cameroon

    Pendant la crise de COVID-19, un chercheur indépendant en chimie industrielle a commencé d’utiliser des fruits avariés pour fabriquer de l’alcool nécessaire au gel hydroalcoolique. Les analyses montrent que le gel est tout aussi efficace que le désinfectant traditionnel, et les travailleurs médicaux qui utilisent le produit disent qu’il provoque moins d’irritation de la peau.

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  • No Place For Discrimination: These Traditional Leaders Are Standing Up For SGBV Survivors In Their Communities

    December 05, 2023 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    Groups like Women in New Nigeria and Youth Empowerment Initiative (WINN), in collaboration with local leaders, are addressing stigma and providing support services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violencev(SGBV). These groups educate survivors on the violence they endured, provides them with a safe space to rest and engages them in the community to fight feelings of isolation SGBV survivors often face.

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