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Through Melodies and Narratives: A Children's Book is Improving Oral Hygiene in Rural Nigeria

Chinonso Kenneth

May 27, 2024 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ekiti

The Dental Care Foundation uses “edutainment,” a combination of education and entertainment, to enhance oral hygiene knowledge, attitudes and practices among children from low and middle-income families. The Foundation’s educational book, “The Girl Who Found Her Smile,” has had about 10,000 copies distributed to rural communities in several countries.

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As more youth struggle with behavior and traditional supports fall short, clinicians are partnering with lawyers to help

Julia Hotz

April 30, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

A medical-legal partnership at the Yale Child Study Center allows health and law professionals to team up to address patients’ health and legal needs. The teams help children with anything from housing to academic environments by addressing the root of the problem and connecting it to their legal rights.

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Rural Feeding Center Serves More than Nutrition to Children With Cleft Defects

Rhonet Atwiine

November 01, 2023 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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Response Location: Uganda

The Good Samaritan Nutritional Center supports mothers and their babies born with cleft palates in obtaining proper nutrition in order to be eligible for corrective surgery. The Center partners with local health facilities to perform the surgeries. The initiative has been active for 20 years now and has served over 15,000 children.

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CRoWN Initiative: Enhancing Immunization Uptake for Zero-Dose Children in Bauchi State

Misbahu el-Hamza Sunday Oko

July 03, 2023 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Bauchi

The Community Reorientation Women Network (CRoWN) initiative is working to increase immunization rates among children by leveraging trained community volunteers to identify zero-dose children and help connect them and their families with vaccination resources. Three months into the initiative’s pilot phase, CRoWN volunteers managed to reach 99% of identified zero-dose children, leading to increased vaccination rates among youth.

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Care for the Neediest

Boryana Dzhambazova

June 20, 2023 |

Transitions Online |

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Response Location: Bulgaria, Sofia

The Health and Social Development Foundation (HESED) aims to increase access to healthcare, specifically among pregnant women and children. HESED works to bring doctors closer to communities that struggle to get care and has also created designated spaces for important care that was previously inaccessible, like OBGYN checkups. Over the last three years, more than 400 people have received checkups from the center, regardless of their insurance status.

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In Minneapolis, three-fourths of kids with elevated levels of lead are children of color. These workers are trying to do something about that.

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

June 13, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Minneapolis City Health Department Health Homes team does community outreach in the neighborhoods with the highest elevated lead levels. Team members visit homes to inform parents about the dangers of lead, direct them to helpful resources, and test kids’ lead levels to help prevent long-term effects. If a house is deemed at risk of lead exposure, the team will inspect it and provide recommendations on how to eliminate the risk.

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Vision of Hope: Free Surgeries Illuminate Lives of Underserved Children in Lagos

Risikat Ramoni

June 01, 2023 |

HealthNews.ng |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Restore Foundation for Child Sight provides free eye care, including eye exams, medications, glasses and surgeries to children in underserved communities. The Foundation hosts outreach events to connect with children in need of care and has helped over 5,000 children so far, distributing 455 pairs of glasses, 1,200 eye drops and about 35 free eye surgeries.

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"We must not give up:" Dnipro School of Superheroes teaches young patients

Natalia Kulidi

May 30, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine, Dnipro

The School of Superheroes brings teachers into hospital wards to work with children being treated there. The individualized lessons give the children something to focus on besides their illness and help them build relationships with their teachers and other students.

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Feeling sick? The lawyer will see you now.

Julia Hotz

May 25, 2023 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

The Child Health-Law Partnership (Child HeLP) is a collaboration between health and legal professionals to treat a patient’s “health-harming legal needs” together. The original medical-legal partnership began 30 years ago in Boston, but has since expanded to other cities to look at all aspects of a patient's health. To administer the best care, patients are asked questions about housing quality and stability, delays or denials of public benefits, unmet educational needs and mental health.

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Ryan House solves unmet needs of children with life-limiting sickness

Lauren Kobley Sierra Alvarez Hailey Forbis

May 01, 2023 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

Ryan House is one of three pediatric hospice homes in the United States and provides respite, palliative care and hospice to children with life-limiting illnesses. Staff at Ryan House focus on creating positive experiences and memories, while simultaneously supporting family members and connecting them with other families that share in their experiences. To date, Ryan House has helped more than 1,000 children and their families.

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