".adds to the limited rigorous research available on the effectiveness of such interventions to delay early marriage and fertility in highly impoverished, challenging, and socially conservative settings." Early marriage has multiple drivers, including cultural and social norms and lack of educational and economic opportunities.
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Maryama Diaw, a contact tracer in New York City, worked remotely from her home last year. Coronavirus contact tracing programs across the U.S. are starting to scale back, according to the latest survey from NPR. John Minchillo/AP
Here s one (more) sign the COVID-19 pandemic is on the decline in the U.S.
NPR s latest survey of state health departments with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security finds many are winding down the contact tracing programs they scrambled to grow last year. More than half of the 36 health departments that responded to the survey in late May, had fewer tracers than in December, and the vast majority aren t planning to hire more.
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A stack of paperwork detailing positive COVID-19 test results sits in a box at the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department offices in June. From a lack of a more precise contact tracing to a better vaccine locator, the coronavirus pandemic has shown weaknesses in Ohio s public health data-gathering efforts. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Public health is a topic that has inspired little passion until the coronavirus pandemic hit Ohio and exposed cracks in the system.
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