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  • How affordable screening is helping firefighters find cancer early

    June 07, 2024 |

    WSLS-TV |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

    United Diagnostics Services sets up screening events across the country to test firefighters for early signs of cancer, as it’s the leading cause of death among firefighters. The scan is easily accessible and covers nine parts of the body, and also screens for other health issues, like cardiovascular or other high-risk conditions, that need to be monitored by a doctor.

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

    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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  • Two Health Care Workers Have Saved Countless Lives in Appalachia. Their New Business Goes the Extra Mile.

    May 07, 2024 |

    Slate |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    The Health Wagon provides healthcare to remote, rural communities where accessibility and stigma have historically prevented residents from accessing care. The Wagon operates through multiple stationary clinics and about a dozen mobile sites across six counties. The Health Wagon takes a more individualized approach to healthcare, connecting with patients on a personal level, helping dismantle decades of barriers that prevent rural locals from accessing and understanding the care they need.

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  • Donaciones solidarias en Cuba

    April 25, 2024 |

    La Joven Cuba |

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    Response Location: Cuba

    Para reducir las dificultades de acceso a medicamentos e insumos médicos en Cuba, muchas personas usan y apoyan redes o grupos de intercambio y donación. Por un lado, se evidencia la capacidad de organización, la solidaridad y la búsqueda de alternativas de los cubanos dentro y fuera de Cuba. Por otro, es un esfuerzo oneroso con impacto limitado en un escenario que empeora por días.

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  • Doctors Take On Dental Duties to Reach Low-Income and Uninsured Patients

    April 10, 2024 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Several doctors are working together to integrate oral health into medical checkups for children, pregnant women and others who can’t afford or access a dentist. With the help of a five-year, $6 million federal grant, a team of doctors and dental hygienists has trained 250 primary care providers in how to provide oral health care in several states, allowing patients to access dental care during regular checkups.

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  • Keene-based syringe exchange becoming a resource for gender-affirming care

    December 30, 2023 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    The G.R.O.W. syringe service program (SSPs) helps people who use drugs and those who need injection supplies for gender-affirming hormone therapy get access to clean syringes and safely dispose of needles. Community-based programs like G.R.O.W. also offer first-aid kits, at-home HIV tests, Narcan and personal care items. There are currently 13 SSPs registered in the state. In 2023, G.R.O.W. alone distributed more than 44,400 syringes and collected about 37,700.

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  • Responses to schistosomiasis paying off in North Central Nigeria, despite challenges

    August 23, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory

    Interventions like annual mass administration of medicines, increasing clean water access and educational efforts are being deployed across several states to help curb the prevalence of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like schistosomiasis. These interventions have been active since 1995 and through the help of partnering with other local and international organizations, like the German E-Merck, rates of NTDs like schistosomiasis have dramatically decreased over the years.

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  • Cómo la cosmética mejora la autoestima de pacientes oncológicos

    July 21, 2023 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain

    Los tratamientos contra el cáncer producen importantes alteraciones en la imagen corporal de los pacientes. La Fundación Stanpa imparte talleres de cuidados de la piel y maquillaje a enfermos oncológicos en 58 hospitales públicos de España para ayudarles a recuperar su imagen y su autoestima.

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  • A Closely Knitted Community Creating Safe Space for Deaf Persons in Lagos

    July 18, 2023 |

    BONews |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria

    One Nigerian religious center offers a safe space where the hearing impaired can use sign language to communicate and build community. The Christian Mission for the Deaf Church’s members feel empowered through dance, music, and worship, while children of deaf adults build skills and friendship.

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  • 'Go to the people': Street medicine teams bring health care to the unhoused

    July 11, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Street medicine teams bring medical care direct to people experiencing homelessness in encampments across the state. There are currently 25 teams operating in the state, providing medical care, food, hygiene products, empathy and support to those in need. Street medicine teams provide both emergency and routine primary care, establishing relationships and building trust with the patients they serve.

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