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Doctor slashes the cost of surgeries for India's poor

Fred de Sam Lazaro

September 16, 2015 |

PBS NewsHour |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

In a country where millions of citizens make less than $2 a day, a chain of hospitals has brought down the prices of life-saving surgeries and pioneered a health insurance plan that is just 11 cents a month. These hospitals, called Narayana Health Systems, are exemplified by their productivity, efficiency and volume of surgeries performed, far outstripping the rates of American hospitals. To prove that the same model could work in a developed country, the hospitals opened a location in the Cayman Islands, which proved to be vastly successful and offered hope that this model could continue to spread.

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Nigeria's polio endgame and a chance to improve struggling routine vaccination services

Nancy Fullman Alexandra Wollum

September 03, 2015 |

On Medicine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

In light of a study published in BMC Medicine, authors Nancy Fullman and Alexandra Wollum take a deeper dive into Nigeria’s gains against polio and what they could mean for the country’s routine vaccine systems.

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Why doctors are prescribing legal aid for patients in need

Jackie Judd

September 02, 2015 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Omaha, Nebraska

Many U.S. medical systems are using medical-legal partnerships to help disadvantaged patients who need help navigating problems with landlords and insurers that interfere with their health.

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Training Midwives to Save Expectant Mothers in Chiapas

Denise Grady

August 31, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Chiapas

Through simple training and trust-building with their patients, midwives become more effective in Chiapas - and childbirth death rates drop.

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A Racial Gap in Attitudes Toward Hospice Care

Sarah Varney

August 21, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

Despite years of change, African Americans feel ostracized from the medical care community that is dominated mainly by white people, especially when it comes to hospices. Some are trying to remove the stigma of hospice care as well as make health care systems more fair.

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Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

Elizabeth Healey

August 17, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United Kingdom

Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that is both debilitating, and previously considered untreatable. Utilizing techniques of Gene Therapy, Doctors in the UK are contemplating new ways to address the disease.

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In Los Angeles, a national model for how to police the mentally ill

Noelle Swan

June 15, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

How are people with mental illness policed in the U.S.? Unfortunately, often people with mental illness are sent to prison, instead of being treated. There are “10 times as many inmates diagnosed with severe mental illness in the penal system as patients in state mental institutes.” However, in Los Angeles police are paired with mental health clinicians. A move that is saving the city money, and keeping people out of prison.

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Advancing TB Test Technology, Where It Matters Most

Jens Erik Gould

June 12, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

Tuberculosis is still a rampant problem in the developing world. Doctors are looking for even more advanced ways to test for TB beyond the GeneXpert tests.

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How one rural Alabama hospital bucked the trend and will reopen its labor & delivery

Anna Claire Vollers

May 27, 2015 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alabama

Rural areas are seeing the shut down of medical services such as Labor & Delivery units, making it harder for expectant mothers to receive proper care. Dr. Waits in Bibb County is opening a Labor & delivery unit through critical funding, and using the unit for more than just obstetrics.

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Nepal's Renegade Strategy to Save Mothers

Patrick Adams

May 15, 2015 |

Foreign Policy |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu, Central Region

In Nepal, a controversial drug is proving to be effective in saving mother's lives. It's the only shelf-stable, easy-to-administer solution to curbing postpartum hemorrhage. In trials, misoprostol is shown to save the lives of women who live far from medical care facilities. Since Nepal allowed use of the drug, postpartum hemorrhage has fallen from the leading cause of maternal death to number two.

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