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Mind the Health Gap
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Mind the Health Gap investigates health inequalities around Scotland in partnership with Greater Govanhill CIC. The 12 month project is funded by the Solutions Journalism Accelerator. Find out more here.
‘These are our people’: How a street-based therapy service is tackling San Francisco’s drugs crisis
The Ferret visits the Harm Reduction Therapy Center in San Francisco, a psychotherapy service that offers an open-door policy to people using drugs.
Why do more men need someone to talk to? The Ferret investigates…the health gap, part three
In part three of The Ferret investigates…the health gap, we turn our attention to the mental wellbeing of young and middle aged men.
How does finding connection prevent drug deaths? The Ferret investigates…the health gap podcast, part two
In part two of The Ferret Investigates...the health gap we hear from current and former drug users in Glasgow and Vancouver about the power of connection in the midst of the overdose crisis.
Why does a good start matter for our children’s health? The Ferret investigates…the health gap podcast, part one
The Health Gap is a three-part special podcast looking at the difference between the health and wellbeing of people depending on whether you live in Scotland’s most, or least, deprived communities.
How prescribing safe supply is helping drug users in Canada turn their lives around
The Ferret visits Vancouver, Canada, to find out how safe supply prescriptions are transforming lives in local communities.
‘More than numbers to us’: how a homeless project is preventing Scottish drug deaths
Drug deaths in Scotland have fallen for the first time in almost a decade. But those using drugs in Glasgow City Centre – and across Scotland – need more support to make sure they not only survive, but thrive.
Trafficking survivors: the Polish activists supporting Ukrainian women fleeing war horrors
Following Ukraine's refugee crisis, The Ferret has met with Polish activists who are supporting Ukrainian women escaping the horrors of war.
How a Nigerian NGO is pushing back against period stigma…one boy at a time
In Nigeria girls are missing school because of unaffordable period products and stigma. Now one NGO is trying a new approach – not only giving out pads, but recruiting both boys and girls to help fight period stigma.
The tampon dispatch – Perth’s solution to menstrual equity
For World Menstruation Hygiene Day, The Ferret visited the small city where the council claims to have spent £50,000 giving away sanitary products since 2018.
