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  • Care for the Neediest

    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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  • Community paramedicine: Local medical program offers new kind of house call

    June 10, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Monadnock Region, New Hampshire

    The Mobile Integrated Healthcare program follows a practice known as community paramedicine, allowing paramedics to use their skills to care for patients outside of emergency settings, reducing the need for excessive ER visits, lowering healthcare costs and increasing access to care. Similar programs have emerged throughout the country, seeing a significant decrease in the number of ambulance rides and ER visits.

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

    June 01, 2023 |

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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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  • Affordable and Accessible Health Care Remains an Issue in Nigeria, but Atayase Initiative Devises a Means, Helping the Underserved Age Groups

    May 24, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Atayese initiative makes healthcare services more affordable and accessible for underserved age groups including young children, pregnant women and elderly people. The initiative launched in 2013 and runs clinics and hospital services in several states and communities where they’ve provided treatment to hundreds — in some areas, thousands — of patients.

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  • Bashir Fistula Foundation Provides Care and Support to Ailing Women

    May 23, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    The Bashir Fistula Foundation provides healthcare and connections to necessary medical resources to women suffering from obstetric fistula. Most all surgeries to cure the condition are fully paid for through partnerships between the Foundation and other organizations and medical centers. So far the Foundation has funded more than 100 surgeries.

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  • Yobe State: Striving for universal health coverage, accountability still a challenge

    May 16, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Yobe

    The Citizens-Led Tracking Campaign bridges the gap between the implementation of the Basic Healthcare Provision Funds and the effective delivery of healthcare by sending citizens — called community champions — out on the grassroots level to track healthcare funding and ensure everyone who is eligible takes advantage of the care. Through the community champions’ efforts, 32,000 low-income and vulnerable individuals have been enrolled in the program.

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  • Connecting With Individuals Who Have Disabilities

    April 20, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Haske Children Foundation provides medical supplies, check-ups and surgeries to children with disabilities on a regular basis, having served 200 children so far. The Foundation also leads discussions about disabilities, working to address the stigma and change the negative narrative many locals have about those with disabilities.

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  • “Buy Now Pay Later” Solution for Patients with Breast Cancer

    April 18, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The HER-Radio program improves the availability of radiotherapy and treatment for HER2+ breast cancer by offering a deferred payment plan for the 18-cycle treatment with the drug Herceptin. The interest-free, phased payment plan makes it possible for more people to afford treatment. Per the organization’s 2021 report, patients enrolled in the program save 15% to 25% on treatment costs.

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  • Reclaiming Safe Abortion Access in Haiti

    April 17, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Port Au Prince

    Nègès Mawon works to empower women to fight back against violence and oppression through education and advocacy and focuses on access to safe abortion care. Through the organization’s sponsorship program, women who are also survivors of gender-based violence are partnering together to rise above the patriarchal system and advocate for themselves. Since last May, Nègès Mawon has supported more than 300 survivors of gender-based violence through the sponsorship program.

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  • Trans shelter residents are upcycling discarded flowers to fund their healthcare

    April 04, 2023 |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Residents of Garima Greh, an organization that provides transgender people with housing and necessities in New Delhi, started a small business making potpourri from the flowers discarded by local temples. They use the funding to pay for necessary medical expenses and gender-affirming care.

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