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Bridging the Healthcare Gap: How Sick Pikin Helps Sierra Leone’s Children Access Lifesaving Treatments

NonProfit Quarterly

For children in Sierra Leone, life-threatening conditions often become fatal due to limited access to advanced diagnostic tools and healthcare facilities. For families in dire poverty, the cost of flying to India for treatment would seem impossible. per day, making access to basic healthcare unaffordable for many.

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From HeLa Cells to Digital Health: Navigating the Promises and Pitfalls of Modern Clinical Research

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? However, the pressing need for equity as relates to both the tech industry and healthcare makes digital health a very complex challenge.

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Impact of International Aid Cuts on African Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Lagos Food Bank Initiative on Pexels The United States is cutting nearly all foreign aid, with sub-Saharan Africa being the most affected region, losing billions of dollars in funding that previously supported health, humanitarian, and development programs. Africa must change its perception of aid.

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Rethinking EMTALA: What Idaho’s Battle over Abortion Means for Reproductive Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

In Idaho, where an abortion ban took effect immediately after the decision, patients have been denied necessary healthcare, leading to at least six pregnant people needing to be airlifted out of state for abortion services. Wade was overturned in 2022, women experiencing pregnancy complications have been turned away from hospitals.

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The Continued Threat to LGTBQ+ Communities—and What Nonprofit Leaders Need to Know

NonProfit Quarterly

LGBTQ+ people—especially transgender youth—have been increasingly targeted by the Trump administration. The impact on nonprofits and the communities they serve has been devastating. Nonprofits serving queer and trans communities are doing so much with too little.”

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The Double-Edged Sword of Health Innovations: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Equity in Nigeria

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? 7 The lack of robust data systems to track and manage the allocation and utilization of funds across healthcare centers led to inefficiencies and poor accountability.

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Trump, Racism, and Global Health: A View from South Africa

NonProfit Quarterly

Foreign Aid and Trumps Racist Politics Trumps actions targeting South Africa are set against a backdrop of racist rhetoric and disinformation promoted by his administration. Of course, the WHOs global health mission extends far beyond COVID, spearheading efforts for universal access to quality healthcare and to combat HIV/AIDS globally.

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