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How Telementoring Programme Aided Sudan's Fight against COVID-19

Sharon Atieno

September 02, 2022 |

Science Africa |

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Response Location: Sudan

To make healthcare more accessible and relieve overwhelmed medical centers, Sudanese American doctors used telementoring to train over 400 medical students across Sudan in the necessary skills to serve their local communities.

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Grassroots work leads to vaccination success in Georgia refugee community

Alander Rocha

August 28, 2022 |

Kaiser Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Clarkston, Georgia

Public health officials and resettlement groups are using community strategies to encourage refugees and other vulnerable people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. CDC toolkits allow local health departments and organizations to provide COVID-related messaging about the virus and the available vaccine in more than 30 languages.

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In Niger, 'Friends Of The Poor' Fights Child Marriage, Helps HIV/AIDS Patients Pursue Their Dreams

Victor Akuma

August 26, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Minna, Niger

Friends of the Poor Foundation in Africa is a localized version of Friends of the Poor, a nonprofit in the U.S. that provides funds, food and medicine to those in need. Friends of the Poor provides HIV/AIDS support groups to help those living with HIV learn to overcome stigma and gain access to antiretroviral drugs.

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‘This is what equity looks like': Roving teams deliver COVID vaccines around the Tenderloin

Kevin Fagan

August 25, 2022 |

San Francisco Chronicle |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Roving coronavirus vaccination teams walk around the Tenderloin district of San Francisco to provide COVID-19 vaccines to people who want one. The medical professionals focus on providing vaccines to people experiencing homelessness, people who are marginally housed, isolated, or who have other obstacles to accessing care. In addition to some pop-up clinics they set up in parking lots and other centralized areas, they also administer vaccines right on the spot, where ever they find people who want one.

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‘It starts with us': Roanoke organizations teaming up to combat Black maternal mortality crisis

Jazmine Otey

August 24, 2022 |

WSLS-TV |

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Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

Birth in Color, in partnership with Birth Equity Action & Research to Transform Health (BEARTH) Village, is working to address the Black maternal mortality crisis. The community-based organizations use research and cultural wisdom to dismantle inequities Black women face during birth. The groups provide free doula care to provide care and advocate for women in healthcare settings. There are currently 80 available doulas who help about 350 women give birth each year.

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How Kalamazoo can address the shortage of psychiatrists -- and make a name for itself in the process

Julie Mack

August 21, 2022 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

The Kalamazoo Collaborative Care Program provides social workers and other mental-health expertise to help primary-care physicians treat patients with behavioral health issues. The program is currently working to expand by creating a psychiatric clinic to help further address the shortage of psychiatrists and mental health professionals.

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Malaria control in Nigeria: Gains, lessons from Kwara Initiative

Usman Aliyu

August 16, 2022 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

The Kwara Initiative provides free rapid test kits and treatment for malaria to over 500 public health centers in the state. The initiative also issued the State Malaria Elimination Program, which works to help control cases of malaria in the state. So far, over 5,000 households have benefitted from the free malaria treatment.

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5 ways access to mental-health care has improved in Southwest Michigan, and 5 more things in the pipeline

Julie Mack

August 15, 2022 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

There are several new projects and services emerging to improve access to mental health care, with more resources in development. From the Integrated Services of Kalamazoo and St. Joseph Community Mental Health now offering subsidized services to improved ease of access when reaching the National Suicide Hotline, state, and federal policymakers are working to allocate more funds to expand access.

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Mental health is finally getting the attention it deserves. Can the Kalamazoo area seize the moment?

Julie Mack

August 14, 2022 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Recently, the importance of mental health has been championed by policymakers, the media and the public and there’s also been a shift in attitudes toward mental health and the value of counseling. Several developments like new behavioral health centers, adding mental health professionals as first responders on 911 calls and 24/7 virtual counseling have all emerged to expand access.

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Market Center Providing Safe Breastfeeding Space

Oliver Ochieng

August 04, 2022 |

Sasa Radio |

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Response Location: Kenya

Kaunti ya kisumu na shirika la kijamii la Kidogo limejenga kituo cha kina mama kuingia na kunyonyesha watoto wao katika soko la Kibuye. Kituo hicho kinatoa mazingira mazuri na tulivu ya kina mama kunyonyesha watoto wao. Mama anapofika katika kituo hicho, kuna mhudumu wa afya anayeshika mtoto ili mama aoshe mikono, kisha apewe kiti akae anyonyeshe mtoto. Pia kuna jokovu la kuhifadhi maziwa ya mama kwa walio na maziwa mengi na wengetaka kukamua.

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