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  • How Lithuania More Than Halved Its Suicide Rate

    November 06, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Lithuania, Vilnius

    Over the past several years, Lithuania has implemented a comprehensive national strategy to combat high suicide rates by shifting from a medicalized approach to community-based support. One such strategy is Sidabrinė Linija, or Silver Line, a nonprofit offering free support to isolated seniors by matching them with a “befriender” who shares some of their interests. Since its inception, Silver Line has befriended 6,000 seniors. As a result of combined efforts from multiple initiatives, Lithuania’s suicide rate has dropped from 44 per 100,000 residents in 2004 to 19.5 per 100,000 today.

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  • Diabetes care on wheels brings help to people who need it most

    November 01, 2025 |

    CBC |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    A mobile diabetes clinic in Calgary brings comprehensive healthcare directly to people experiencing homelessness or low income at community health centers. The team provides services including foot care, retinal scans, blood and urine screening with immediate results, dietary counseling, and connections to housing and mental health programs. The "one-stop-shop" model eliminates the need for patients to travel to multiple appointments, ensuring they get the care they need.

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  • Behind the Curtains: Inside Nigeria's Shadow Network of Abortion Care

    October 08, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Komfot Health operates a technology-driven network providing post-abortion care and sexual reproductive health services across Nigeria. The organization trains healthcare providers to address biases, uses a chatbot system for patient triage and connects women to verified medical facilities in six states, acting as intermediaries between women seeking care and trusted healthcare providers. Since launching in 2024, Komfot Health has served over 1,790 women.

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  • How Native Hawaiian Cultural Practices are Supporting First Responders' Mental Well-Being

    October 08, 2025 |

    Overstory |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    To address mental health challenges faced by first responders, a variety of organizations throughout the state are using Native Hawaiian cultural healing practices, such as lomilomi massages and ocean-based healing. Participants in the programs report reductions in PTSD symptoms, less stress and deeper peer connections.

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  • How Women in Adamawa Are Rebuilding Trust in Family Planning

    October 07, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Gombi, Adamawa

    Adamawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency partnered with The Challenge Initiative to train female community mobilizers and service providers across nine local government areas to provide family planning care. The providers use a trust-building approach, conducting house calls and leveraging social gatherings to gradually introduce family planning concepts. Since the group began, family planning uptake has surged from about 20% to 74%.

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  • Family Planning Strengthens Agency for Women, Youth in Zimbabwe

    October 07, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council focuses on improving maternal health outcomes by providing reproductive health and family planning resources, including contraception and educational counseling, at clinics, local health facilities, and community organizations. Since 2010, the country’s maternal mortality rate has fallen and the rate of married women using modern contraceptives has reached 69%.

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  • Nigeria's Self-Care Policy Expands Women's Reproductive Choices

    October 07, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nasarawa

    Thanks to Nigeria’s Self-Care Policy, residents can access free injectable contraceptives that can be administered without the support of health workers. Patients learn how to use the injectable during their first appointment at a health center and are then able to take up to a year of doses with them to administer independently each month at home. Since 2014, when the self-injectables were first introduced, the country’s rate of contraceptive prevalence has risen from 4% to 15%.

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  • Bridging Gaps in Women's Health: Niger State's Push for Better Access to Family Planning

    October 07, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

    The Niger State Health Care Fund offers a voucher program that helps cover the cost of antenatal care and family planning services for women in rural areas and IDP camps. The voucher scheme, alongside community engagement programs and technological resources, has improved access to contraceptives and reproductive health services, but the state’s rate of contraceptive prevalence is still below the national average.

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  • Volunteer scientists work 'nights and weekends' to guide vaccine advice in US

    October 06, 2025 |

    Nature |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    When the Trump administration fired the federal vaccine advisory panel, a group of volunteer scientists created the Vaccine Integrity Project to conduct independent, comprehensive reviews of vaccine data. Their review has influenced real-world vaccine policy, with several major medical organizations using their data to update guidelines and share vaccine information publicly.

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  • Youth and adolescent corners transform lives in Otuke, but donor exit sparks fears for the future

    October 05, 2025 |

    tndNews |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Otuke

    Health centers like Barjobi Health Center III offer youth and teens judgment and stigma-free sexual and reproductive healthcare services, as well as opportunities to connect with each other over games and activities. However, these youth-centric health centers are facing closures and significant budget cuts as the biggest funding provider, USAID, has phased out.

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