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One of roughly 1,200 Black midwives practicing in the U.S., Nadia Gramby drives hundreds of miles across Alabama to bring prenatal, birth, and postpartum care directly to families in underserved communities, continuing a tradition of Black midwifery in the South.
At the Zabout camp, in Sila Province, Chad, ALIMA and Alerte Santé led a large-scale response to a measles outbreak within the Sudanese refugee community, from early February to mid-March. Dr. Ayambi Evariste, a physician and clinical activities supervisor, looks back on the different stages of the response.
Medical supplies depart for local group Mountain Heart Nepal, and include aid to treat waterborne illnesses, dehydration, chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma, and more. Other groups receiving emergency funds include Shanti Foundation and One Heart Worldwide.
Nearly four million women who’ve missed screening invitations will be offered free HPV self-testing swabs to complete at home, part of NHS England’s push to increase screening and eliminate cervical cancer entirely by 2040.
By sending doctors to small-town clinics for just one week at a time, Médecins Solidaires is helping to remedy the country’s “medical deserts.” From Reasons to Be Cheerful
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