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Volunteer scientists work 'nights and weekends' to guide vaccine advice in US

Mariana Lenharo

October 06, 2025 |

Nature |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

When the Trump administration fired the federal vaccine advisory panel, a group of volunteer scientists created the Vaccine Integrity Project to conduct independent, comprehensive reviews of vaccine data. Their review has influenced real-world vaccine policy, with several major medical organizations using their data to update guidelines and share vaccine information publicly.

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Youth and adolescent corners transform lives in Otuke, but donor exit sparks fears for the future

Christine Awor

October 05, 2025 |

tndNews |

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Response Location: Uganda, Otuke

Health centers like Barjobi Health Center III offer youth and teens judgment and stigma-free sexual and reproductive healthcare services, as well as opportunities to connect with each other over games and activities. However, these youth-centric health centers are facing closures and significant budget cuts as the biggest funding provider, USAID, has phased out.

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Family Planning Expands Women's Choices in Zimbabwe

Audrey Galawu

October 05, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council implemented a comprehensive national family planning program that offers integrated reproductive health services delivered through multiple channels including local clinics, mobile outreach units, community health workers, and youth-friendly centers. The program provides access to contraceptives, counseling, and peer education to address maternal mortality and unplanned pregnancy rates. Over the past decade, maternal mortality has dropped by 78%, and unintended pregnancies have also significantly decreased.

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Sydani bridges vaccine gaps in Anambra

Alfred Ajayi

October 02, 2025 |

Radio Nigeria |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ogbaru, Anambra

The Saving Lives and Livelihoods Project tackles vaccine access barriers in hard-to-reach communities by bringing immunization services directly to families on farms and in remote camps with trained mobile health teams. Since the work began, immunizations have increased in several areas, and children who were previously overdue have since been vaccinated.

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Cedar Oaks Clinic is reimagining what mental health care can look like

Taylor Knopf

September 23, 2025 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Wake Forest, North Carolina

In response to gaps in accessing psychiatric care, Cedar Oaks Clinic developed a team-based mental health care model that provides alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization through same-day crisis services, six-week intensive community programs, and collaborative care involving 30 specialized staff members. The clinic uses a holistic approach where providers from different specialties work together to create individualized treatment plans. So far, the clinic has served 3,000 patients, receiving hundreds of positive reviews.

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Can filtering seawater provide for a thirsty world?

Chico Harlan, Nada Talbi

September 08, 2025 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: Morocco

Morocco's implementation of seawater desalination plants has successfully provided drinking water to 1.6 million people and enabled record agricultural exports for large-scale tomato producers, while simultaneously revealing the technology's limitations in addressing broader water needs due to high costs, geographic constraints, and environmental impacts that benefit only well-funded farms near coastal facilities.

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Health Care Groups Aim To Counter Growing 'National Scandal' of Elder Homelessness

Felice J. Freyer

August 18, 2025 |

KFF Health News |

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Response Location: United States, East Providence, Rhode Island

PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) organizations are tackling the growing crisis of elder homelessness by expanding beyond traditional medical services to secure housing. These Medicaid and Medicare-funded organizations are partnering with senior housing providers, leasing apartment wings, and even developing their own housing projects to ensure their 83,000+ participants nationwide have stable places to live.

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The warning labels that could be coming for your crisps

Zano Kunene

July 31, 2025 |

Bhekisisa |

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Response Location: Chile

In 2016, Chile implemented warning labels on food packaging to alert consumers when a product was high in sugar, salt, saturated fat or artificial sweeteners as a way to warn and deter them from purchasing unhealthy foods. After implementing these labels, locals bought less unhealthy products, and manufacturers began using less unhealthy ingredients, inspiring other countries, like South Africa, to implement similar practices.

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How local homelessness advocacy groups are providing medical care without boundaries

Maizie Hummel-Logee, Eleanor Lusciatti

July 09, 2025 |

StreetWise |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Street medicine is breaking down barriers to healthcare access that unhoused individuals face. It brings healthcare directly to them, rather than expecting them to navigate the system on their own. This type of care emerged in Pittsburgh in 1992 and has since created a national network of 85 U.S. cities, 15 countries and five continents. Chicago Street Medicine, specifically, serves about 4,000 patients a year, with the help of its 600 volunteers.

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Garantizar el agua no es sencillo, pero las ASADAs muestran que es posible

Mónica Quesada Cordero

July 04, 2025 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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Response Location: Costa Rica

Las ASADAs (Asociaciones Administradoras de los Sistemas de Acueductos y Alcantarillados Sanitarios) son organizaciones comunitarias sin fines de lucro que administran sistemas de agua potable para sus comunidades, sirviendo al 33% de la población costarricense a través del compromiso voluntario y la gestión local del recurso hídrico.

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