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هل جراحة الترميم هي ما تحتاجه نساء أثّر الختان على حياتهن؟

ألمى حسون

February 06, 2021 |

BBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Egypt

تزايد الترويج لعملية ترميم البظر داخل مصر كحل لمشكلة الختان، لكن هل هناك فعلا حاجة لعمل جراحي؟ تطرح القصة أسئلة عن مدى فاعلية هذا الحل في ظل غياب توثيق لنتائج العمليات.

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16 Raleigh churches begin to chip away at NC's inequity in vaccine distribution

Adam Wagner

February 06, 2021 |

The News & Observer |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Raleigh, North Carolina

A partnership between WakeMed and Wake County Public Health made 1,700 shots available with vaccine clinics in 16 churches and a community center. Trusted messengers, like pastors, are more effective at communicating why people should get vaccinated and convincing them to actually get the shot. Local availability helps people overcome transportation and other equity concerns, like needing access to the county’s online registration system or waiting on hold to make an appointment. The sites offered on-site registration and on-site and culturally and linguistically appropriate information.

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More than goodwill: New tactics used to attract new healthcare talent as shortages grow

Sydney Kornegay Afi Scruggs

February 04, 2021 |

FreshWater Cleveland |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Lorain, Ohio

An initiative to draw more people to entry-level healthcare professions is seeing success in Ohio. A collaboration of healthcare employers is training and promoting employees to “strengthen the healthcare employee pipeline.”

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LRT ieško sprendimų: kodėl Danija skiepija greičiau nei kitos ES šalys?

Greta Klimkaitė

February 02, 2021 |

Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Denmark

Danijoje visuomenė nuo COVID-19 per pandemiją buvo skiepijama kur kas sparčiau, nei kitose Europos šalyse. Su kiekvienu piliečiu šalyje per sveikatos elektroninę sistemą susisiekiama, paskiriamas vakcinacijos laikas, vykdoma plati informavimo apie skiepų naudą kampanija, aiškinama apie tai, kodėl vienos socialinės grupės turi prioritetą pasiskiepyti anksčiau negu kitos. Ko galėtų pasimokyti Lietuva?

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Ce que nous apprend la campagne de vaccination massive en Israël

William Audureau Assma Maad

January 29, 2021 |

Le Monde |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Israel

Dans la course à la vaccination, Israël occupe la pole position. Alors qu’un tiers des Israéliens sont déjà vaccinés, les premières études évoquent une baisse des infections après deux doses.

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How Promotoras De Salud Are Fighting Vaccine Conspiracies In Chicago's Latino Communities

María Inés Zamudio

January 26, 2021 |

WBEZ |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Promotoras de salud, also known as community health workers, are helping to connect Latino immigrants with reliable and factual information about COVID-19. Using a peer-to-peer outreach model, a team of seven promotoras de salud from Centro San Bonifacio have "interacted with more than 4,000 Spanish speakers in Chicago."

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For Some Transgender People, Pandemic Paves Path To Transition

Carol Dannhauser

January 13, 2021 |

Connecticut Health Investigative Team |

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Response Location: United States, Connecticut

In Connecticut, the adoption of telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic has eliminated a number of barriers many transgender people seeking to transition. Even though programs and clinics existed prior to the pandemic, the option to use telehealth instead allows patients to "seek care from wherever they want, wearing whatever they choose, presenting however they feel comfortable."

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Farmers Can be Isolated and Unsure How to Seek Support. One State is Trying to Help.

Kate Elizabeth Queram

January 13, 2021 |

Route Fifty |

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Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

The state of Wisconsin has launched a pilot initiative that aims to help farmers who are dealing with job stressors access mental health services including "a 24-hour wellness hotline, tele-counseling sessions and vouchers for in-person visits with participating mental health providers." While some of the services have proved more successful than the others, as a whole, use of the counseling services has increased, especially as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

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World in Progress: Colombian women access tele-abortions during pandemic

Victoria Stunt

January 13, 2021 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Colombia

In Colombia – where having an abortion can be stigmatizing, in some cases illegal, and now even more difficult due to the coronavirus pandemic – a clinic has set up a national hotline to help women who are up to 10 weeks pregnant aaccess to safe abortions at home. So far, the clinic has connected with 700 women.

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'We Don't Feel Forgotten At All': Alaska Fires Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Nat Herz

January 11, 2021 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Alaska

Alaska has achieved one of the highest vaccination rates in the country due to prioritizing access to the vaccine for rural and Indigenous residents. Using a myriad of transportation efforts – including a fleet of chartered planes, a water taxi drove, and sleds pulled behind snow machines – clinicians have been able to deliver thousands of doses to these remote communities.

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