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  • The doctor will see you now… on your smartphone

    October 02, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Healthcare in the United Kingdom faces a major shortage of doctors, but innovative mobile applications are addressing this need through offering online video doctor consultations and AI-empowered diagnoses. Comparing the service to other mobile platforms used for taxis and dry cleaning, these medical app designers aim to both cater to modern demands for streamlined delivery services across all sectors, as well as democratize health care for those who lack traditional access.

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  • Reviving House Calls By Doctor

    September 27, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Extreme health care costs are nothing new, especially for America's elderly and chronically ill population. Additionally, even routine trips to the doctor can have drastic effects on health and finances for the patient and their families. House calls by doctors, a practice that was previously viewed as outdated, are making a nationwide comeback, given their potential to eliminate barriers to effective care.

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  • Saving babies means thinking inside the box

    September 27, 2016 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Richland County, OH has a 7.3 percent infant mortality rate per 1,000 infants born, which is one point higher than the national rate. The rate is influenced by socio-economic issues and a lack of pre-and post-natal care. Different programs and organizations in Richland County confront these factors by expanding access to prenatal health care and expanding services to minority communities for infant care.

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  • An African trailblazer

    September 15, 2016 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Gahini Sector, Kayonza District

    Rwanda is a poor, rural country with a troubled history. Yet the country has built an effective national health system by tackling the diseases of poverty, such as diarrhea and pneumonia, with smart use of international aid and local health workers.

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  • Communities Nationwide Explore Solutions for Heroin Epidemic

    August 30, 2016 |

    Akron Beacon Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    Across the country, various communities are struggling with a heroin usage epidemic. This article highlights communities taking unique approaches to this problem,whether it is innovate treatment recruitment or early prevention.

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  • Overcoming ancient taboos, organ donors give gift of life

    August 12, 2016 |

    Shanghai Daily |

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    Response Location: China, Shanghai

    With the help of public awareness campaigns and modern technology, hospitals in Shanghai are helping to combat cultural taboos and successfully increase the number of voluntary organ donations in the country.

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  • How to get a treatment that works into “every medicine cabinet”

    August 05, 2016 |

    Santa Fe Public Radio (KSFR) |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    Opioid overdoses have increased across the United States and rural areas have more difficult access to receive proper treatment. Narcan or Naloxone is a treatment for opioid overdose that is more accessible now to rural communities in New Mexico, offering more expedient emergency response.

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  • A new brand of doctor targets the unhealthy in rural Tennessee

    August 05, 2016 |

    The Tennessean |

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    Response Location: United States, Cookeville, Tennessee

    An emerging health care model, in Tennessee, has expanded to about 50 counties under a federal innovation program aimed at trying to give better care at lower prices.

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  • The Town that Tried it All

    August 05, 2016 |

    Small Towns Big Change |

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    Response Location: United States, Española, New Mexico

    The Santa Fe Mountain Center uses harm reduction strategies such as needle exchanges and providing naloxone and other supplies for safer drug use, to help those struggling with addiction. These strategies aim to reduce unnecessary harm while building trust to help people enter treatment when they’re ready. In the past year, the Center collected over one million needles, gave out more than 3,000 doses of naloxone and recorded over 700 successful overdose referrals.

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  • Brazil Slashes Child Mortality Rates With Breastfeeding, Milk Banks

    August 02, 2016 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Child mortality is a global problem that can be reduced by increasing breastfeeding rates; however, many mothers are either under too much cultural pressure, need to work, or cannot lactate enough milk. Brazil has devised an education program to help mothers breastfeed and has also created milk banks, through which mothers can donate excess milk to mothers who cannot produce. Additionally, Brazil offers paid maternity leave for mothers who have time to breastfeed and provide better health for their bodies as well as their new babies.

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