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  • Mothers-to-Be Are Getting the Message

    February 07, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Martinsville, Virginia

    An average of 28,000 children born in the U.S. each year die before their first birthday – and many more face disabilities and serious life-long health problems, often because they are born prematurely or at low birth weights. A free service, text4baby, delivers crucial health advice via text message to pregnant women and new mothers.

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  • Pickups Mobilize Bolivia's Maternal Healthcare

    December 28, 2010 |

    Women's eNews |

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    Response Location: Bolivia, La Paz

    Mobile health units are rolling clinicians into remote parts of Bolivia and helping to lower one of the world's worst rates of maternal mortality. Reporting costs for this story were partially funded by International Planned Parenthood.

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  • A Plan to Make Homelessness History

    December 20, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    By partnering with cities across America, the 100,000 Homes campaign is going directly to the streets to end homelessness - and it’s working. With roughly 700,000 people in the United States experiencing homelessness, this organization seeks to address that using a tiered system that considers individual health needs as well.

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  • Health Care and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    October 18, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Lesotho, Maseru

    In a mountainous region of Lesotho, a man named Tsepo Kotelo visits 20 villages every week on his new motorcycle to provide health care to local villagers. The Elton John AIDS Foundation gifted the motorcycles to Kotelo and his colleagues, allowing them to increase the number of patients they visit by 600 percent. An organization called Riders for Health helps maintain the bikes, ensuring that remote villages will continue to receive medical care.

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