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Why mobile mental health care works for clients and social workers

HEALTHBEAT

The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene must approve clients to determine whether IMT is an appropriate level of care. Each team provides a range of services to their clients spread across the city’s five boroughs. One of the audit’s findings said, “merely remaining in the program sets a very low bar.”

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Second Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Tanzania: Urgent Response and Public Health Interventions

BMJ Global Health

Key pillars include: Coordination , ensuring effective communication and collaboration among all stakeholders, with a community-centered focus; Surveillance and Disease Intelligence , prioritizing contact tracing and monitoring of suspected and confirmed cases; WASH and Point of Entry , strengthening water, sanitation, and hygiene measures, along with (..)

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5 story ideas on migrant health crises facing U.S.-Mexico border

Association of Health Care Journalists

Sanitation crisis yields water and foodborne illnesses A critical, yet often overlooked, aspect of the border crisis is the lack of adequate sanitation and access to clean water. It should also investigate the existing barriers to mental health care, such as language and cultural differences, stigma and lack of access to insurance.

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Immigration Detention Center Contractor Sues Over California Health Inspections

KFF Health News

” Hernandez Gomez went on a hunger strike for 21 days after filing dozens of grievances alleging abusive treatment and poor sanitation. Strikers demanded an end to inadequate medical and mental health services, poor living conditions, and solitary confinement.

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Immigration detention center contractor sues over California health inspections

HEALTHBEAT

Hernandez Gomez went on a hunger strike for 21 days after filing dozens of grievances alleging abusive treatment and poor sanitation. Strikers demanded an end to inadequate medical and mental health services, poor living conditions, and solitary confinement.