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  • Rural Ga. Businesses Increasingly Prop Up Struggling Health Care System

    December 15, 2017 |

    WABE |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    In order to battle the government healthcare gaps, the time lost from workers leaving to seek medical attention, and the closing of hospitals, some rural companies have opened their own clinics nearby. This way workers can get medical attention quickly and efficiently, and keep physicians nearby even if hospitals close.

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  • Amidst Afghanistan's Spiraling Insecurity, A Free Maternity Hospital Is Born

    December 07, 2017 |

    Bright Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Afghanistan, Anabah

    The Anabah Maternity Center, is one of the few maternity hospitals in Afghanistan. It’s also free and staffed entirely by women. “Since opening, they have treated over 226,000 women and helped birth 38,000 children.”

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  • Mental health court could lower recidivism, cut costs

    November 27, 2017 |

    NMPolitics.net |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

    For offenders with a co-occurring mental health disorder, the regular prison system is not viewed as an optimal environment. A mental health court would help lower recidivism and increase the offender's quality of life by treating their mental health issues in order to focus on the underlying issue contributing to the criminal acts.

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  • In the woods and the shadows, street medicine treats the nation's homeless

    November 22, 2017 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Allentown, Pennsylvania

    The homeless do not get enough medical attention and often die without getting proper care. The "street medicine" program at Lehigh Valley Health Network addresses this by having medical professionals go to homeless individuals, even in remote locations, providing healthcare, helping them sign up for insurance, arranging psychiatric evaluations, etc.

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  • Renegades Join Forces for Affordable Insulin

    November 09, 2017 |

    NEO.LIFE |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Even though millions of people around the world rely on drugs like insulin to live, the big pharmaceutical companies often seem to value profit over people, and the costs of critical medications can be prohibitive. A small group of dedicated experts is working to change that, combining their expertise in science, law, and business to manufacture small-scale, generic versions of drugs like insulin that are accessible and affordable to all that need them.

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  • Acupuncture for pain: Ancient medicine may hold the key to solving the opioid epidemic

    October 31, 2017 |

    WEWS-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    With the growing opioid crisis, patients and doctors are looking for alternative ways to treat pain. Acupuncture is becoming more popular for its relief of migraines and pain.

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  • Rugged Tablets for African Schools

    October 08, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    This podcast episode covers 3 entrepreneurial solutions in India and Kenya, and 2 of them have already started seeing very positive results. The first is a rugged tablet named Kio Kits loaded with educational software that are made especially for the climate and electricity availability in Kenya; students and teachers vouch for its efficacy. In Assam, India, where there is very little access to eye care, mobile eye care clinics offer a range of services that are all free of cost to their patients. The clinics have tried a number of strategies to reach patients in need and the results have been impactful.

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  • Dentists take bite out of opioid epidemic

    October 03, 2017 |

    The Gresham Outlook |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Dentists in Multnomah County, Oregon are helping to prevent "doctor shopping", where addicts attempt to get prescriptions from multiple providers. They are doing this by checking a national database that lists all of a patient's current prescriptions, and not prescribing refills on opiate prescriptions without a follow-up visit. This effort has drastically reduced the number of overall prescriptions written, and replaced those drugs with ibuprofen and tylenol, which are both proven to be more effective in relieving acute pain.

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  • The Rx For Better Birth Control

    September 20, 2017 |

    NationSwell |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado views the cycle of poverty as being propelled by unplanned pregnancy. This led to their bipartisan supported funding program for birth control, that is especially useful in rural areas.

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  • Want a Better Health Care System? Check Out Japan

    September 19, 2017 |

    Bloomberg |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The USA is currently at odds over its healthcare system. Perhaps, a solution can be found by looking to Japan's system which is a public-private hybrid where most is covered by the government and a smaller percentage is covered by employment sponsored or private insurance.

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