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  • One Hospital Tells Bronx's Sick: You Call Us, We'll Call You

    June 03, 2014 |

    WNYC |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Hospitals in New York improve healthcare quality and reduce medical costs by staying in frequent contact with patients requiring frequent or long-term care. Montefiore's Accountable Care Organization pulls in care providers from across the medical and social spectrum to improve patient health while curbing expenses.

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  • Obamacare in Jail: How San Francisco Policy Helps Inmates

    April 30, 2014 |

    KQED |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Health insurance sign-ups made available to all inmates at the San Francisco county jail, partnered with guidance from a clinic once they are on the outside, allows them to receive better care upon release, and may help prevent a return to crime and substance abuse.

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  • In S. King County, an extraordinary effort to bring better health

    April 25, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In S. King County, Wash., the organization Global to Local identified Seattle's ironic status as being a global-health center but having an increasingly unhealthy populace. Global to Local pointed local citizens to a variety of services, using a "connect the dots" approach to treatment.

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  • An ointment could save up to half a million newborns a year­ – and it costs 20 cents

    March 17, 2014 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu, Central Region

    Studies show that a single application of the antiseptic chlorhexidine, an affordable medicine, can reduce the risk of death among newborns by about 25 percent. In Nepal, where 20,000 newborns die every year, the medicine has revolutionary potential.

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  • What makes a community healthy?

    March 09, 2014 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Two poor communities have contrasting approaches to the overwhelming healthcare needs in their regions. One takes a collaborative approach to medicine, creating better outcomes for residents, especially those of low-income, receiving treatment.

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  • An End to Polio in India?

    March 05, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

    India has, for years, been a hotbed of polio. Supported by the WHO as well as local health-care workers, immunizations have officially rid the country of the disease. There are still challenges in maintaining records and reaching everyone, but the message continously changes and adapts.

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  • A Small West Virginia Town Rallies For Better Health

    February 05, 2014 |

    KFF Health News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Williamson, West Virginia

    “Sustainable Williamson” combined ideas and initiatives from local officials, community members, nonprofit organizations to address both the economy and the well-being of a community where unemployment and drug use were climbing.

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  • Playing With Toys and Saving Lives

    January 29, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nicaragua, Jinotepe, Carazo

    Many different people are inventing health devices for resource-poor settings, but some organizations - like M.I.T.’s Little Devices group - are empowering developing communities and increasing access to healthcare by building medical devices that nurses and doctors in very poor settings can adapt themselves — or kits for making their own, often harvesting parts from toys to cleverly rig up medical equipment. It’s part of a major idea shift, one that’s transforming the design of foreign aid.

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  • Helping Brazil's Poor Heal at Home

    December 11, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Physical illnesses trigger and exacerbate poverty because costs are too high to treat them. The Associação Saúde Criança in Rio de Janeiro counsels helps by assisting families with services such as food, medicine, vocational training, housing, and legal aid, which helps mothers achieve their personal goals.

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  • Health law outreach to Asian Americans lags

    November 23, 2013 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Rockville, Maryland

    In the United States approximately 15% Asian-Americans have no health insurance and have had a difficulty understanding the options available in the Affordable Care Act. Although the White House has reached out to Asian-Americans in video chats, the state and community forums for Asian Americans have proved to be the most successful. Interpreter teams help Asian-Americans with the paperwork and understanding the policies.

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