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  • Black moms die in childbirth 3 times as often as white moms. Except in North Carolina.

    July 03, 2017 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Black American mothers are about 3.5 times more likely to die from complications related to childbirth than white American mothers. A program called Pregnancy Medical Home in North Carolina has contributed to successfully eliminating this disparity by targeting low-income mothers and focusing on risk factors that contribute to poor maternal outcomes. The program is funded by Medicaid and mothers who are identified as being high risk are paired with a care manager who helps them to achieve the health plans set forth by their doctors.

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  • Charity's vision for a blind-free Indonesia

    June 24, 2017 |

    AzerNews |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Sumatra

    A New Vision is a Singapore-based non-profit that provides free cataract surgery to impoverished people in Indonesia. Indonesia has one of the highest rates of blindness in the world, and 50 percent of these cases are due to cataracts, which can be reversed with a simple surgical procedure. A New Vision sets up free clinics in Indonesian villages and performs cataract surgery on locals and sends local health care providers to Nepal to be trained to perform these surgeries themselves and provide post-op care.

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  • Access to clean water improves health in rural Tanzania

    June 08, 2017 |

    Anglican Journal |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Ndomoni, Lindi Region

    In rural villages like Ndomoni, access to water is paramount to community development, and locals are the first to recognize that other issues such as maternal health cannot be addressed until there is clean drinking water. The installation of a central borehole well is not only providing the village access to water, is has freed up the many hours a day women and girls spent fetching water from other distant sources, allowing them to stay in school, attend to the health of the family, and pursue other business.

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  • Hospitals Are Partnering With Lawyers To Treat Patients' Legal Needs

    June 06, 2017 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Hospitals in Omaha are creating “medical-legal partnerships” for their patients: teams of doctors, social workers and lawyers that work collaboratively with patients to help them navigate challenges like fighting to get Medicaid coverage for a cat scan, or getting a security deposit back and moving out of an apartment that’s making them sicker.

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  • Ladakh's Ice Stupas

    May 17, 2017 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Leh, Kashmir

    Nearly a billion people living in the arid regions of the Himalayas depend on glaciers for their water supply. But with climate change, glaciers have been retreating drastically every year, threatening the life source of villagers like those in the Ladakh region of Kashmir. One engineer, Sonam Wangchuck, has come up with an ingenious feat of engineering to help the villages store glacier water by constructing stupas - or towers - using thorn branches that retain ice in tall structures, which melts and provides clean water for drinking and agriculture during the dry season.

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  • Naloxone offers ‘immediate' assistance

    May 04, 2017 |

    Temple University |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Naloxone is a drug that reverses opioid overdose by pushing the opiates off of the brain's neurotransmitters. Naloxone has no negative effects on a person who is not overdosing, so there is no risk in administering it when an overdose is in question. The drug has recently become more widely available to police officers, first responders, and in some states, the general public.

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  • Spreading Plan C to End Pregnancy

    April 27, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Access to safe abortions and pregnancy termination medications has been of intense debate and restriction. This article looks at campaigns to increase access to an under-recognized form of medication that can serve as a "plan-c" for women.

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  • Health workers create support network to north central Ohio mothers

    April 25, 2017 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Community Health Workers in Richmond County work to reduce barriers - including employment, education, smoking, food security or housing - that may contribute to the likelihood of infant mortality. Using the Community HUB Pathways Model to minimize significant sources of stress in a woman’s life, they are helping drive down infant mortality rates in Ohio, particularly for women and babies of color.

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  • The Trump-Era Push to Encourage Girls to Run for Office

    April 24, 2017 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Women are underrepresented in elected positions, and with Trump being elected after being heard describing women in poor taste, this has only become more of a concern. Programs such as Elect Her and IGNITE are trying to help increase the number of women in politics through various methods.

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  • Postmen Delivering Kindness to the Elderly

    April 11, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, St. Helier, Bailiwick of Jersey

    On the island of Jersey, postal workers don’t just deliver the mail: they also check up on elderly people during their routes. With a quick face-to-face chat, they check that they’ve taken their medication and if there’s anything else they need. The project has caught the attention of post offices (and health professionals) around the world as an approach against the social care crisis for a rapidly-aging population.

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