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  • A Forgotten Barrio Fights to Keep the Water Running

    Alfie Pannell

    March 16, 2023 |

    The Bogotá Post |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    The “La Asociación de Usuarios del Acueducto Comunitario ‘Aguas Calientes’” is a comunity water plant built with government grant money to address the potable water scarcity in the area. Over the course of two decades of operation, the Association is the primary water supplier of the area’s 6,000 residents.

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  • Community dialogue and social behavior change: Effective tool in reducing malaria mortality in Kenya

    Pauline Achieng Tom

    March 16, 2023 |

    Health Business |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Vihiga County

    The Kenya Medical Research Institute is leading research teams with the ministry of health in an effort to educate people on how to use mosquito nets to reduce the rate of malaria. Through these efforts, malaria cases reduced by 24% six months after the program started.

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  • How Michigan removes voters from the rolls: double-check everything and call on community groups to help

    Oralandar Brand-Williams

    March 16, 2023 |

    Votebeat |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Michigan is among the states that participate in the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, a program that cross references voter registration and Social Security death data across state lines to help local officials identify and address duplicate registrations. Over the past four years, the state has canceled the registrations of more than 400,000 voters who died and more than 170,000 whose residency changed.

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  • How this NGO is facilitating emergency delivery response for labour women

    Abubakar Abdulrasheed

    March 15, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

    Raise Foundation provides transportation to hospitals for women in labor in rural, hard-to-reach areas that lack access to healthcare centers. Through its tricycle ambulance service, the organization has helped over 230 expectant mothers have a safe delivery.

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  • Tackling Rural America's 'Hidden' Housing Crisis

    Taylor Sisk Jan Pytalski

    March 15, 2023 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseburg, Oregon

    Organizations like the Gary Leif Navigation Center are providing housing services and support to those in need. The Gary Leif Navigation Center opened in the summer of 2022 and is a low-barrier shelter that provides 10 pods for individuals to sleep and store their belongings in. Due to increased need, plans are currently underway to expand the Center, adding an additional 30 beds.

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  • Can the Increase in Higher Education Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Solve Health Disparities?

    Margo Snipe

    March 15, 2023 |

    Capital B (National) |

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    Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

    Medical schools and public health programs have shifted some of their practices in an effort to attract more Black students, such as by removing GRE requirements and recruiting more Black faculty, and these schools have seen an influx of applications during the pandemic. One example is Brown University's Health Equity Scholars program, which offers tuition support, a paid research assistantship, and formalized mentorship to a diverse cohort each year.

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  • The rescue ship – a solution to the GP crisis?

    Karin Goodwin

    March 15, 2023 |

    The Ferret |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

    As appointments with general practitioners (GP) are often short and hard to get, community link workers have the time and resources necessary to support those in need of care for non-medical issues, like energy management, mood stabilizing and mental health concerns. Appointments with link workers can last up to an hour, versus the average 10 minutes with a GP, and provide comprehensive care that can be followed up on by a GP if any clinical attention is needed.

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  • These Japanese mothers banded together through a support group to talk about mental illness

    Phi Do

    March 14, 2023 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Japanese-speaking family support group under NAMI South Bay formed in 2012 to provide people — mostly first-generation Japanese mothers — with a safe space where they can share their experiences and learn how to talk about mental illness and how it effects their children. Since 2012, over 100 people have reached out to the group, with about eight to 12 participants joining the discussions each month.

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  • Drug Aid is attempting to improve equitable access to medicine with novel approach

    Prosper Ishaya

    March 14, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Drug Aid Africa sources unused, unaltered drugs from people who don’t need them anymore and distributes them to people who do need them but can’t afford or access them. Drug Aid Africa provides free routine medications for conditions like sickle-cell anemia, as well as antimalarials, antibiotics and frequent visits to communities where they provide healthcare support and supplies. So far, the organization's efforts have helped more than 10,000 people.

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  • Too Good to Go

    Anna Lionas

    March 14, 2023 |

    The Food Fix |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Denmark

    Restaurants, grocers, and cafes can put together surprise bags of surplus food that would have otherwise been thrown out and sell it for a third of the original cost to users on the Too Good to Go app. The app was designed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that accompany food waste while giving businesses a way to recoup losses and consumers a less expensive way to access good food.

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