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How Non-Profit Organizations Help to End Avoidable Blindness in Kano

Victor Christopher

July 07, 2023 |

Nigeria Info FM |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

With the help of several nonprofit organizations, the ECWA Eye Hospital provides free cataract surgery to help those in need who can’t afford the expensive surgery. The Hospital began providing free surgeries in 2016 and has since restored the sight of 5,800 people.

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Nigerian man with diabetes teaches kids with the disease how to live longer

Quadri Yahya

April 20, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Isara, Ogun State

Talabi Diabetes Centre provides support and education to children living with diabetes in Nigeria, including through an annual camp weekend where participants learn about healthy foods, exercise techniques, and self-injection of insulin. Roughly 60 kids have participated in the camps since 2015.

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Medicaid Is a New Tool to Expand Healthy Food Access

Lisa Held

December 15, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

Project Bread is a local food-assistance organization that provides medically-tailored meals to people in need, specifically those with diseases or ailments that worsen with poor nutrition. Organization coordinators can send grocery store gift cards and kitchen supplies or sign the patient up for cooking classes or nutrition counseling. In its first two years, the program served 5,000 patients, and a recent evaluation found that 25% were no longer food insecure after participating for six months.

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Alleviating the plights of diabetes patients with free drugs and medical checks

Bayo Wahab

January 02, 2022 |

Pulse Nigeria |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Feed The Vulnerable Families Foundation works provides free medicine, checkups, and help with medical bills to people living with diabetes. The organization collaborates with health centers across 32 states to identify people who would benefit from services and reaches medical volunteers through its social media platforms. During outreach events, people are tested for diabetes, given free medications and education materials about living with the disease, and more serious cases are referred to local hospitals for urgent care.

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He Almost Died From Hypertension; Now He Helps Others Live Free Of The Disease

Violet Ikong

December 20, 2021 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

Rays of Hope Support Initiative or ROHSI conducts outreach in rural parts of Nigeria to educate people about hypertension and diabetes. A group of volunteers, including medical professionals, provides free screenings, medical advice, and free medications to people with hypertension and diabetes at their biannual community outreaches.

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‘This Isn't a Dying Coal Town,' It's a West Virginia Community Rethinking Health Care and Succeeding

Taylor Sisk

July 01, 2021 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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Response Location: United States, Williamson, West Virginia

Williamson Health and Wellness Center is a federally qualified health center in rural West Virginia, that provides medical, dental, and mental health care as well as chronic-disease management and wellness coaching on a sliding scale. The health center addresses social determinants of health with programs like fresh produce delivery, a community garden, and workforce development. The community health worker program has seen success by hiring local people to visit patients at home and work with them to monitor their blood sugar, take their medications properly, and learn healthy lifestyle choices.

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Food drive helps diabetic patients continue to eat healthy during COVID-19 pandemic

Morgan Therrien

July 02, 2020 |

The Beacon Today |

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Response Location: United States, Jupiter, Florida

Diabetics require fresh food and produce to maintain their health, but doing so has become difficult during the pandemic, especially for people who are immunocomprised and therefore unable to frequently venture out to food banks. One food bank found a solution which involves bringing out food packages to cars so diabetics do not have to expose themselves to potential germs. This vulnerable population relies on their bi-weekly haul of fresh produce to stay healthy.

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StrongPeople classes strengthen bodies and friendships in rural Montana

Melody Martinsen

June 06, 2020 |

Choteau Acantha |

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Response Location: United States, Bozeman, Montana

A group exercise class known as StrongPeople is helping senior citizens in Montana find community and improve their health through progressive strength training. Participants have reported positive results, while studies have also shown that those able to meet the expectations of Health and Human Services Physical Activity Guidelines doubled after people completed the program.

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13 grocery stores: The Navajo Nation is a food desert

Matilda Kreider

December 10, 2019 |

Planet Forward |

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Response Location: United States, Navajo Nation

A produce prescription program is one of several approaches that people living in Navajo Nation are taking to combat the harms of living in a food desert. Although this program has only been implemented on a small scale so far, 15 health care clinics are participating and 1,700 Navajo people have used to program to access fresh produce with many reporting positive health impacts.

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Changing Behavior: Economic Incentives

David Byrne

October 23, 2019 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico

Cities across the world are learning that a tax on sugary drinks can help to shift purchasing habits and reduce the risks of health problems such as diabetes, heart attacks, and stroke. As a Boulder council member explained, modifying the behavior of consumers is possible when you "tax the behavior you don’t want and use the money to encourage behavior you do."

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