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  • Day care and mud guards: How health officials are building a firewall against deadly burns

    Joanne Silberner

    November 30, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    After studying where and how severe burns were happening to people in developing countries like Bangladesh and Nepal, it became clear what was needed for effective prevention. Inexpensive day care got children out of the home during the day when supervision could be lax, and mud walls around ground cooking fires provided additional household safety.

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  • What Happens If You Try To Prevent Every Single Suicide?

    Joanne Silberner

    November 03, 2015 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Suicide rates are rising in the U.S. The Henry Ford Health System in Detroit reduced suicide rates within their insurance plan by 80 percent by actively seeking at risk patients. They screen every hospital patient on every visit and immediately treat those in need.

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