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  • Zimbabwe: Solar Cures Energy Ills At Zimbabwe's Power-Short Clinics

    December 24, 2018 |

    All Africa |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Harare

    Solar power systems and panels are being installed at health centers across Zimbabwe. In a country with common electricity shortages, these solar power systems ensure there are lights, refrigeration, and working machines to treat patients.

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  • Set It and Forget It: How Better Contraception Could Be a Key to Reducing Poverty

    December 18, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    Delaware has a new statewide program to ask women of childbearing age if they are planning on getting pregnant in the next year during a primary care visit and to discuss birth control options if the answer is no. The goal of these discussions is to decrease the amount of unintended pregnancies and as a result increase women’s body autonomy and decrease medical spending.

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  • The Joys of Motherhood: Young midwives enabling safe deliveries in Northern Nigeria

    December 11, 2018 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    A new three year program is educating, training, and deploying midwives to six northern Nigerian states. This influx of midwives has helped to ensure safe deliveries as well as provide women with perinatal and antenatal care.

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  • Scientists develop 10-minute universal cancer test

    December 04, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Australia, Queensland

    A new inexpensive and fast procedure can detect the presence of cancer cells in a person’s body. The ease and 90% accuracy rate of this test could make it an effective initial scan for malignant cells detecting cancer earlier.

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  • Training the Next Generation of Doctors and Nurses

    October 31, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Medical schools use new technology to bring better prepared medical students into the field. Virtual reality goggle, mannequin patients, and 3D imaging are tools that make classroom lessons more like real life without risking patient safety.

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  • Using virtual reality to teach medical students empathy for elders

    October 29, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Through the use of virtual reality, medical students in Maine are experiencing what it is like to live with aliments common to older adults such as hearing and vision loss. These visceral experiences will help students work with greater care, imagination, and empathy with older adults upon graduation.

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  • How transgender people in the South are helping each other get health care

    October 24, 2018 |

    Scalawag |

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    Response Location: United States, Tennessee

    After accompanying trans people to their doctors appointments, and answering their medical questions, Kale Edmindson founded Trans Buddy in 2013. “Transgender people can call a hotline and get a trained “buddy” to answer their questions, refer them to a trans-friendly provider, or accompany them when seeing a doctor.” Since then, hundreds of people have been served and the model was replicated by the Kentucky Health Justice Network.

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  • Driven by traditional leaders, a “magic” ointment is preventing deaths in newborns

    October 16, 2018 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto, Sokoto State

    Chlorhexidine gel has been successfully used to ensure healthy births and avoid newborn babies from having often fatal infections around their umbilical cord. The use of this gel—as well as the end of potentially harmful practices—was achieved through education during religious sermons, community health workers engaging with pregnant women, and more culturally sensitive delivery processes.

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  • In California, saving teeth and money—one mouth at a time

    September 14, 2018 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, the highest poverty rate also corresponds with an alarmingly high rate of tooth decay in children. Now, state officials are working to pilot changes to Denti-Cal, which is part of California's health program for low-income residents; so far, they've budgeted more than $200 million more for rate increases and recruited hundreds more dentists. Those changes and a focus on prevention are helping children get the dental care they need.

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  • One-stop health shop for Kenyan pastoralists

    September 13, 2018 |

    The East African |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    In order to reach a pastoralist community with health services, a mobile health clinic called the Kimormor has been deployed in northern Kenya. Treating both people and livestock, the Kimormor has provided family planning, antenatal care, and child health services to this community.

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