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Medical Ship Docks in Sierra Leone for Free Surgeries and Training

NonProfit Quarterly

In August 2024, the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, docked at the port of Freetown for a 10-month field service to provide surgical operations and educational training by invitation of the government of Sierra Leone. Mercy Ships is not the only medical NGO that offers medical care by boat, but it is one the largest.

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How To Help After Hurricane Helene

Bloomerang

Heart to Heart International deployed an advance response team to Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas and are planning to send another team to help this week with a medical van. The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has been activated to send hygiene kits, water, medication, and other humanitarian aid to communities in need of help.

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“Forever Chemicals” Are Endangering Our Collective Health

NonProfit Quarterly

The chemicals are especially hazardous for infants and children, whose bodies are still developing. The Strangest Bedfellows: Healthcare Devices, PPE, and PFAS PFAS “are used in a wide variety of ways in healthcare settings, such as medical devices, medicines and personal protective equipment.”

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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

They can recognize patients may be at risk of social isolation, yet their role is often limited to filling a patient’s medical prescription. One medical practice achieved a 21 percent drop in health-care costs. Make It a Priority for Government Each of these interventions clearly helps combat social isolation.

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Wartime Digital Resilience

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Gulsanna Mamediieva Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, technology was already a growing part of the Ukrainian economy and was central to the government’s vision to reimagine the way citizens and businesses interact with the state in the digital era: paperless, cashless, and without bureaucracy.

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Why Families are Packing Up and Moving to Nicaragua

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Many expats praise the medical services here, noting that they receive excellent care at a fraction of the cost they would pay back home. The government has also made significant efforts to improve safety and security throughout the country. Healthcare Savings Healthcare in Nicaragua is both high-quality and affordable.

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What Makes a Family? Pushing States to Expand the Definition

NonProfit Quarterly

This body of law was originally put forward in the early seventies as a set of legislative recommendations meant to create a “uniform” legal definition of parenthood that included families in which children were born to unmarried couples.

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