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  • How an Abuja based NGO is addressing period poverty

    March 21, 2023 |

    HotFm 98.3 Abuja |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    A Nigeria-based NGO is setting out to address period poverty by providing those in need with reusable sanitary napkins and also teaching them how to make the products themselves, all while educating them on menstrual hygiene and working to reduce the stigma surrounding periods.

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  • In Kwara, documentary films bring healing to people with addiction

    March 21, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    The Mental Health Rebuilding and Restoring Initiative helps those struggling with drug addiction by showing them documentaries of others who have also struggled with addiction and how they managed to overcome it. The documentaries have since helped 50 people to stop using drugs. The Initiative also follows up with, monitors and encourages participants throughout their recovery journey.

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  • Reformed Circumcisers Leading Campaign Against FGM

    March 20, 2023 |

    Talk Africa |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Kisii County

    The Young Women Democrats Empowerment Program formed in 2010 to work toward ending female genital mutilation (FGM). The organization provides training and educational seminars at local schools and churches and even makes appearances on local radio stations to reform people who performed FGM procedures. So far, the organization has reformed 31 people.

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  • Community dialogue and social behavior change: Effective tool in reducing malaria mortality in Kenya

    March 16, 2023 |

    Health Business |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Vihiga County

    The Kenya Medical Research Institute is leading research teams with the ministry of health in an effort to educate people on how to use mosquito nets to reduce the rate of malaria. Through these efforts, malaria cases reduced by 24% six months after the program started.

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  • A Forgotten Barrio Fights to Keep the Water Running

    March 16, 2023 |

    The Bogotá Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    The “La Asociación de Usuarios del Acueducto Comunitario ‘Aguas Calientes’” is a comunity water plant built with government grant money to address the potable water scarcity in the area. Over the course of two decades of operation, the Association is the primary water supplier of the area’s 6,000 residents.

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  • The rescue ship – a solution to the GP crisis?

    March 15, 2023 |

    The Ferret |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

    As appointments with general practitioners (GP) are often short and hard to get, community link workers have the time and resources necessary to support those in need of care for non-medical issues, like energy management, mood stabilizing and mental health concerns. Appointments with link workers can last up to an hour, versus the average 10 minutes with a GP, and provide comprehensive care that can be followed up on by a GP if any clinical attention is needed.

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  • Can the Increase in Higher Education Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Solve Health Disparities?

    March 15, 2023 |

    Capital B (National) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

    Medical schools and public health programs have shifted some of their practices in an effort to attract more Black students, such as by removing GRE requirements and recruiting more Black faculty, and these schools have seen an influx of applications during the pandemic. One example is Brown University's Health Equity Scholars program, which offers tuition support, a paid research assistantship, and formalized mentorship to a diverse cohort each year.

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  • How One Nigerian Woman is Waging a War against Period Poverty

    March 10, 2023 |

    International Policy Digest |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Achievers Foundation distributes free sanitary pads to those experiencing period poverty. The Foundation also hosts lectures on sexual and menstrual health and works to fight the stigma surrounding periods in some communities.

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  • They Set Out to Save Rainforests — and Could Help Prevent the Next Outbreak

    March 07, 2023 |

    ProPublica |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Madagascar

    Health In Harmony uses a one health approach to improve both human health and the health of the environment in Madagascar at the same time. Their programs provide locals with jobs to keep them from turning to illegal logging for income, improve their access to health care, and help farmers increase their yields.

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  • Menstrual products, education restoring dignity of adolescent girls in Migori

    March 07, 2023 |

    Lake Region Bulletin |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Migori County

    Tucheze Mtaani provides sexual reproductive health education support to young, school-age girls, specifically those in remote, rural areas where access to menstrual products and sexual education is scarce. The group provides educational resources, mentorships and counseling, as well as access to pads and sanitary supplies within schools to ensure girls feel supported at school and no longer have to miss days or drop out altogether.

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