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  • Healing a Dark Past: The Long Road to Reopening Hospitals in the Rural South

    August 12, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Brownsville, Tennessee

    As rural hospitals in predominantly Black neighborhoods close, groups and community members are joining forces to ensure residents can still access care by reopening a full-service hospital. Rural Emergency Hospital models remove in-patient beds but keep emergency departments active to receive federal support. About 29 rural hospitals have converted to rural emergency hospitals to ensure residents can still access care.

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  • Substance abuse treatment program offers care and counters stigma

    August 06, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    Project CARA (Care that Advocates Respect/Resilience/Recovery for All) supports pregnant and parenting people with substance use disorders, providing healthcare, addiction resources and obstetrics care in one spot. The program's hub-and-spokes model makes care more accessible, especially for those in remote areas. Data from the Project also indicates that participants of the program are more likely to attend prenatal and postpartum appointments than those outside of the program.

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  • Boosting access: BHP expands mental health services in Knox, Licking counties

    July 31, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Mount Vernon, Ohio

    The Care Now Clinic, established by Behavioral Healthcare Partners of Central Ohio, offers early crisis intervention services for those ages 12 and up, helping bridge the care gap between emergency rooms and waiting to see a physician. The group also recently launched a mobile crisis unit to even further expand access to care. Research shows these models cost less, reduce emergency room visits and make handling chronic conditions more manageable.

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  • Alaska's Tribal Health Organizations Are Essential, and Powerful

    July 31, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Copper River, United States, Alaska

    Tribal health organizations deliver culturally competent healthcare, tailoring care to meet specific needs and overcome obstacles to access. These medical centers integrate traditional practices with modern medicine, and this approach to care has led to improved health outcomes for both Native and non-Native patients.

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  • Maternity Care in Rural Areas Is in Crisis. Can More Doulas Help?

    July 29, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Albany, Georgia

    Morehouse School of Medicine is training local women to become doulas through its Perinatal Patient Navigators program. A dozen participants — all Black women — recently graduated from the program after five months of training, ready to provide care and support to other women of color in rural communities. Studies show the presence of a doula improves labor and delivery outcomes, reduces stress and results in fewer expensive childbirth interventions, like C-sections.

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  • Dental therapists, who can fill cavities and check teeth, get the OK in more states

    July 17, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Dental therapists provide basic preventative dental care, filling cavities, placing crowns and extracting teeth under a dentist’s supervision. The occupation is growing as it fills gaps in access to dental care, making it easier for people to care for their oral health. Dental therapists are most common in rural, Native areas where access to care is scarce. In rural Alaska alone, more than 40,000 people now have regular access to dental care thanks to dental therapists.

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  • Drones Are Whizzing Lifesaving Supplies Across the 'Last Mile'

    July 09, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    The Zipline drone system helps deliver life-saving medical supplies, such as blood and antivenom, to areas in the country that are hard to reach due to issues with the terrain, infrastructure or extreme weather. Since launching, Zipline has made more than one million deliveries.

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  • How one father's love is helping shield Nigeria's daughters from cervical cancer

    July 03, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    Following the national rollout of the HPV vaccine, teams emerged to manage critical components of the rollout, including supply chain management, education, training and data collection. Immunization specialists were also tasked with educating the public on vaccine-related myths and misinformation to assure people getting the shot was safe and necessary. With the help of these outreach strategies, the team managed to vaccinate 387,645 girls.

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  • How waiting homes are saving lives of mothers, unborn babies

    June 26, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kalongo

    Waiting shelters, or maternity waiting homes, are residential facilities near medical centers where pregnant women who are considered “high risk” can stay so they’re close to medical care at all times for when the baby comes, or if complications arise. Over the years, waiting shelters have helped to substantially decrease maternal and infant mortality rates, as they both have increased access to specialized and emergency medical care.

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  • Montana Creates Emergency ‘Drive-Thru' Blood Pickup Service for Rural Ambulances

    June 17, 2024 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    The Montana Interfacility Blood Network allows ambulance crews to pick up blood from area hospitals to transfuse to patients on the way to get the advanced care they need to prevent death or permanent brain injury en route to the emergency room. The Network is primarily for rural patients who face elevated rates of traumatic injury and have less access to healthcare. Since launching in 2022, the Network has helped three patients.

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