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  • South Omaha sprints on vaccines as small-town Nebraska lags

    September 03, 2021 |

    Flatwater Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Omaha, Nebraska

    Community health workers from One World have gained community trust over the years and now go door-to-door to talk with residents about the COVID-19 vaccine and dispel misinformation. They provide resources in Spanish and carry vaccines in a refrigerated bag so residents can get vaccinated on the spot. The group has invested a lot of money, time, and personnel having intensely personal conversations with people. They also host pop-up clinics in the community and allow at-home vaccination appointments. The areas served by One World has seen more vaccinations than almost anywhere else in Nebraska.

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  • How to integrate community leaders into pandemic preparedness

    September 01, 2021 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: India

    Community-based organizations have been key to reaching historically marginalized populations with COVID-19 information. Grassroots leaders and community workers are effective because they have built trust among communities over many years and they have first-hand knowledge of community needs and barriers. The pandemic shifted the priorities of many organizations. For example, the Self Employed Women’s Association now supplies members with PPE kits, food, and handmade masks to address the pandemic’s health and economic impacts. Proper mask usage increased significantly in the villages where they are based.

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  • Sacramento's Black Community Takes Charge Of Its Own Health, Vaccination

    August 23, 2021 |

    The Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Community groups and individual doctors ran pop-up vaccine clinics to combat the lack of access to care and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Brown communities. Umoja Health’s pop-up clinics vaccinated up to 80% of residents living in San Francisco’s most vulnerable areas. Del Paso Heights clinic had such a huge demand for vaccines that the waiting list swelled to 4,000 people at one point. The Greater Sacramento Urban League ran free pop-up vaccine clinics while also canvassing neighborhoods to talk with residents about getting vaccinated.

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  • In India, Hospitals Are Turning Relatives into Expert Caregivers

    August 17, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India

    Noora Health’s Care Companion Program (CCP) trains nurses to deliver actionable health information to the families of hospital patients on how to care for them once discharged. The trainings are in local languages and are engaging and accessible, using formats like videos, animations, and pictures. With government collaboration, the CCP was able to scale up and is now used in 156 hospitals in India and four in Bangladesh. Noora’s staff continues to support families using WhatsApp and CCP interventions have shown to substantially increase proper care adherence and reduce post-discharge complications.

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  • IU Health creates congregation care network

    August 12, 2021 |

    WRTV-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    IU Health Congregation Care Network uses trained volunteers to call patients who have returned home after hospital stays or medical procedures. The volunteers ensure that the patients have their basic needs met, attend follow up appointments, and help with feelings of social isolation.

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  • New Mid-South clinic helps kids from missing yearly check-ups

    July 31, 2021 |

    WMC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Legacy of Legends, a nonprofit that helps families overcome traumatic experiences that often stem from poverty, opened the Frayser Clinic to provide free wellness exams to children. The clinic is run out of a local church and is open twice a month to help families access care. At each visit a doctor assesses a child’s physical health, mental and behavioral health and the clinic provides families with information about social services and connects them with a healthcare navigator, who helps families understand their child’s health insurance and reconnect them to a primary care physician.

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  • Tag team approach to healthcare reaches older adults in Bangladeshi community during COVID-19 pandemic

    July 14, 2021 |

    Tostada Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Sakhi for South Asian Women in New York has significantly increased their outreach during the coronavirus pandemic, connecting clients to services and resources. The group conducted 1,500 wellness calls and needs assessments in local South Asian communities and increased their caseload and cash assistance to clients. The group, who publishes their content in nine languages, also helps clients who do not have documentation pay for groceries and medications through their Sakhi Solidarity Fund. For clients who need help with family law and immigration issues, Sakhi can connect them to pro bono legal partners.

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  • As N.C. poultry plants failed to curb COVID-19, Latina workers stood in the gap

    July 09, 2021 |

    Southerly |

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    Response Location: United States, Dunn, North Carolina

    A mother and daughter in North Carolina have helped launch a successful vaccination events and campaigns without much aid from the local government. Both took to grassroots awareness campaigns and took to walking around trailer parks and other places where Spanish-speaking workers live in order to increase the number of vaccinated workers.

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  • Nutrition Interventions Securing Livelihoods in Hard-to-Reach Areas of Borno

    June 29, 2021 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    Doctors Without Borders treats malnutrition in areas of Nigeria facing food shortages due to violence and insurgency. When safe, it runs a mobile clinic to provide basic health care, including nutritional support, particularly to children. When communities are not safe enough to enter, the organization trains community members in basic patient care and provides them the tools to run basic tests and treat malnutrition. Community health workers are also trained to treat patients, dispense medications, and educate caregivers about child nutrition.

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  • Italian volunteers transform an old custom of generosity into a powerful weapon in the battle against Covid 19

    June 17, 2021 |

    News48 |

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    Response Location: Italy, Milan

    Milan’s tampone sospeso or “suspended test” initiative provides rapid COVID-19 tests to stop the spread of the virus. The initiative sets up in highly visible public areas of Milan and is based on a model of mutual support where everyone pays what they can. It is run with the help of over 50 volunteers and Medicina Solidale, a group of medical professionals who provide free medical advice to those who can’t afford to access care. The project has raised 24,000 euros from 436 donors, which has enabled them to administer rapid antigenic swabs to more than 3000 people.

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