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Babyl Rwanda bridging healthcare gap through mobile technology

Daniel Nzohabonimana

March 23, 2021 |

Rwanda News Agency |

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Response Location: Rwanda

Babyl Health provides over 3,000 daily e-health consultations to bridge the gap between Rwandan providers and patients. The two million registered users can dial *811# to book an appointment and are triaged, with those needing more extensive care referred to one of the 483 partner clinics around the country. The country’s universal health coverage pays for 90% of the appointment and the patient pays 200 RWF. The platform works on an app available on most citizens’ phones and doesn’t require an internet connection. When needed, patients receive prescriptions via SMS that they can bring to a local pharmacy.

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A village to nourish a child: FHI360 community structures provide nutrition for children in Borno

Thelma Chioma Abeku

March 23, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

FHI360 is an initiative, supported by grassroots and international partnerships, providing healthcare to Internally Displaced Peoples in four locations. The nourishment of pregnant and lactating mothers, as well as their children, is a main focus. The group disseminates information and provides nutrition counseling in both one-on-one and community support group settings. They also offer vitamins and micronutrient supplements to women and children and create safe breastfeeding spaces and safe spaces for women who have been victims of gender-based violence.

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Guaranteed Income in Jackson Designed By Black Moms for Black Moms, Showing Results for Black Moms

Oscar Perry Abello

March 23, 2021 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

Beneficiaries of a guaranteed income program in Mississippi have received monthly cash payments that they are free to spend however they need to. Known as Magnolia Mothers, the program has allowed mothers to pay off debt, invest in business, avoid predatory loans, and consider educational opportunities that can help increase their income and quality of life.

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Fighting the Mafia on Its Own Turf

Rhodri Davies

March 23, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Italy, Alto Belice Corleonese

La Placido Rizzotto is one of nine farm co-ops in a network of properties that were seized from Sicily's Mafia and reused to create a productive alternative to the area's crime-based economy. Part of the Libera Terra (Freed Land) network, La Placido Rizzotto employs 22 people and its farm, winery, and tourist inn generated nearly $900,000 in sales in 2019. The government has confiscated thousands of properties in its effort to hurt the Mafia economically, but managing the properties remains a challenge that the "social use" movement addresses. Libera Terra's model has been copied by an Argentinian co-op.

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Michigan caregivers got a $2 hourly boost in COVID. Should it be permanent?

Robin Erb

March 22, 2021 |

Bridge Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

The Michigan state legislature temporarily boosted the pay of direct caregivers working with seniors and people that have disabilities by $2 an hour in recognition of their essential and sometimes risky services during the coronavirus pandemic. With about half of direct caregivers living at or near poverty, the pay bump was temporarily renewed at the slightly higher rate of $2.25 an hour, but it is set to expire again in September 2021. The governor has proposed making permanent a pay raise of $2 an hour, which helps the caregivers meet their own basic needs a little better.

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The Power of Bike Education to Transform Lives and Communities

Marianne Dhenin

March 22, 2021 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Germany, Berlin

Bicycle education programs around the world are helping those who want to become cyclists overcome that fear while also addressing problems in their communities—from pollution to racial injustice. #BIKEYGEES in Berlin helps women learn how to ride, or learn how to teach someone how to ride bicycles without need for registration. In the U.S. In Los Angeles, Sustainable Streets is helping adult learners while also turning the tide on the prevalent car-minded culture in the city.

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Georgia Daze Strives to Increase Black Student Applicants

Tylar Norman

March 22, 2021 |

Grady Newsource |

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Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

Georgia Daze is a student-led organization at the University of Georgia actively working to increase the Black student population on campus by focusing efforts on Black student applicants. Through biannual recruitment weekends, affirming Black culture on campus, and personal relationships, the organization has been able to increase the number of Black student applicants who commit to UGA.

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How a Nonprofit's Initiative Helps Villagers Access Healthcare

Ekpali Saint

March 22, 2021 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ozalla Edem-Ani, Enugu State

To help address a gap in health access for those living in a rural community in Nigeria, a nonprofit that "gives health, educational, and livelihood support to poor groups in Enugu State" built a hospital to serve those seeking out-patient services. Although the hospital isn't equipped to address all health concerns and faces financial constraints, it has helped more than 2,000 people living in the village access care.

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What WA can learn from Native communities' vaccination plan

Manola Secaira

March 22, 2021 |

Crosscut |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Washington state’s Native communities have led the way in distributing the Covid vaccine to their communities' most vulnerable and are now helping to vaccinate those who are outside of their tribes. Their success is due to a combination of factors, including direct outreach to those who needed the vaccine the most. According to the Seattle Indian Health Board CEO, “That’s the difference between state, county systems and other public health systems They’re not serving people [directly] every day.”

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How to Vaccinate Homebound Seniors? Take the Shots to Them.

Roni Caryn Rabin

March 22, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York

Doctors across the U.S. are mobilizing to distribute Covid vaccines to those who are homebound and likely vulnerable to the coronavirus. Although efforts are still early, in New York, one hospital's house calls program plans to "vaccinate 100 patients a week over the next 10 weeks."

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