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4 Tools to assess an Inclusive Design in Institutions in Ukraine
In today’s article, I want to present the team’s effort of developing a tool for the assessment of the infrastructure of institutions (health and educational facilities, boarding houses, village clubs, etc.) for core principles and norms of universal design and inclusivity. The Global Movement Toward Universal Design In 2007, the United Nations ratified a convention […]
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How Cash for Medical Transportation is Transforming Healthcare Access in Conflict-Affected Ukraine
In the newly liberated regions of Ukraine, receiving a medical referral is only half the battle. For patients in remote, conflict-affected communities, the journey to specialized care can be as challenging as the health condition itself. Our experience deploying mobile health teams revealed a stark reality: even when we eliminated service costs and facilitated quality […]
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Facilitating WASH FIT in Kharkiv, an Exciting Collaboration between the two Agencies
Our team of WASH experts decided to give back to the amazing WASH community in Kharkiv by collaborating with WeWorld to empower the local heroes on the front lines of healthcare. In early November, we had the privilege of facilitating a WASH FIT training, bringing together two vital local health facilities to strengthen their water, […]
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Rothman’s Community Change Models
Jack Rothman, an influential American social work scholar active from the 1960s onward, developed one of the most widely referenced frameworks for understanding community intervention. His work emerged during a period of significant social transformation in the United States, including the civil rights movement, the War on Poverty, and the rise of community action programs. […]
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The Tragedy That Transformed Medicine: The Legacy of the Tylenol Murders
Discovery of Tylenol Acetaminophen—known as paracetamol in the Old World—was rediscovered not once, but three times. First by French scientist Gerhard in 1852, who hasn’t found it useful. Acetoaminophen got a second chance in 1873 in a laboratory of an American chemist, Harmon Northrop Morse, now considered the father of acetaminophen. This time paracetamol has […]
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Diethylene Glycol: The Deadly Molecule That Changed Medicine Forever
You can’t expect more from this small molecule of Diethylene glycol (DEG). Having a humbling origins of an ether of an antifreeze (CH2OH)2 , the DEG is one of the dozens interim substances in the process of manufacturing of polyester raisins. If only not a single blunder and a corporate greed that put it in […]
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Top 7 common remedies from lies
Imagine you developed elixir of truth to eradicate all lies on the planet, putting an end of politicians deceiving voters with misinformation campaigns and stopping greedy marketing guru from pitching “yet another get rich quick scheme”. What a wonderful world it would be if everyone took a sip of your miracle “truth serum,” right? Wrong. […]
