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How Uganda Came To Earn High Marks For Quality Of Death

Rae Ellen Bichell

January 03, 2016 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Uganda, Kampala, Central Region

Uganda has the best quality of death among low-income countries, according to the Economic Intelligence Unit. Its success stems in part from the strictly regulated but available supply of morphine, which is distributed by pharmacists in labeled bottles.

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How Denmark Dumped Medical Malpractice and Improved Patient Safety

Olga Pierce

December 31, 2015 |

ProPublica |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

Instead of filing expensive lawsuits for malpractice, patients who have experienced undue harm in the course of care go through an internal system both compensates victims and allows doctors to learn from their mistakes. By focusing on reducing patient harm, the system in Denmark places emphasis on problem solving rather than creating an adversarial relationship between the patient and the caregiver.

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Prevention better than cure in Cuban healthcare system

Fiona Hill

December 13, 2015 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Cuba

As a person’s disease advances their health care needs become more expensive. The Cuban health care system keeps costs down and patients healthy through compulsory healthy checks and emphasis on prevention.

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Here's More Proof That Giving Housing To Vets Prevents Homelessness

Eleanor Goldberg

December 11, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Virginia

Homelessness is rampant, and cities often struggle with creative ways to eliminate the problem. Numerous studies and pilot programs have concluded that simply giving housing to homeless people is a cost-effective and surefire way to keep them off of the streets.

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Baltimore's infant mortality efforts at work in poorest neighborhoods: Saving the Smallest

Brie Zeltner

December 11, 2015 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

When Baltimore launched a citywide effort to reduce infant mortality in 2009 called B'More for Healthy Babies, Upton Druid Heights was a prime target. That effort has since cut down infant deaths in the city by 24 percent and led to a record low number of annual sleep-related infant deaths.

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Medical Program Helps Ease Strain On Hospitals In Developing Countries

Jenny Chen

December 04, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

To help with the doctor shortage in India, a non-profit is training patients' family members to check pulses, supervise physical therapy, encourage a healthy diet, and administer medication to reduce readmission rates.

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Are These Women the Key to Safer Abortions in India?

Jill Filipovic

November 17, 2015 |

Cosmopolitan |

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Response Location: India, Pune, Maharashtra

In rural areas in India, lack of physicians is a big barrier to safe abortions, leading women to undergo deadly procedures. A proposed law by the Indian government would allow midwives and mid-level providers to perform abortions.

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In Bangladesh, a Half-Century of Saving Lives With Data

Amy Yee

November 17, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Bangladesh

A research center in rural Bangladesh has continuously collected health data for decades, thereby improving public health in the region and serving as a control population for vaccine programs.

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In 5 Minutes, He Lets the Blind See

Nicholas Kristof

November 07, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Nepal, Hetauda, Central Region

In the past, people in poor countries who became blind due to cataracts often had no hope of improvement because of the high costs of treatment. Nepalese ophthalmologist, Sanduk Ruit, perfected a cheap and effective cataract removal technique which allows his patients to see again.

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Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical?

Dani McClain

October 28, 2015 |

The Nation (New York) |

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Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

Historically, decisions to make birth-control methods affordable to low-income women have ignored women's reproductive rights and discriminated against minorities. A counseling model that explicitly focuses on a woman’s preferences could be used to overcome latent bias.

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