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Empowering moms – and dads – in the black infant mortality crisis

Priska Neely

July 13, 2018 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Ohio

The Global Infant Safe Sleep Center is tackling the sobering statistic that black babies are twice as likely to die before their first birthday than white babies are in the United States. The Center focuses on educating men on a simple tactic against infant mortality by teaching them how to safely put a baby to bed. Through a partnership with black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi, thousands of men across the country are getting trained and passing their knowledge on to other men.

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A new Illinois law calls attention to postpartum mental illness

Hayley Prokos

July 13, 2018 |

Social Justice News Nexus |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Illinois

A new Illinois law allows postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis to affect sentencing. This could reduce jail time and additional psychological trauma for women who suffer these ailments. Illinois is the first state to acknowledge perinatal mental illness.

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Saving black babies by saving a neighborhood

Priska Neely

July 12, 2018 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Throughout the United States, black infants face a a higher likelihood of mortality as compared to white babies, but an initiative in Oakland is changing that narrative. Known as the Best Babies Zone, partnerships have formed that allow for greater access to information and resources, while also making the community stronger.

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Sex, taboos and #MeToo - in the country with no word for 'vagina'

Libby Hogan

July 12, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon

The Myanmar-based organization, Strong Flowers, is providing men and women with sex and gender education. Teaching such classes in a notoriously conservative culture can be challenging, but founder Dr. Thet Su Htwe and her curriculum on gender roles, menstruation, gender-based violence, and reproduction have been welcomed.

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This smartphone sensor could save a million babies' lives

Jack Graham

June 27, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minnesota

The Newborn Foundation in collaboration with tech-company Masimo created an infant pulse-oximeter used to diagnose heart defects in newborn babies. The technology is now being used all over the world and is integrated into the Department of Health and Human Services universal screening recommendations. Each device costs only $200 and most hospitals need only one.

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Bare-chest cuddle that saves early born babies

Graham Kajilwa

June 19, 2018 |

The Standard |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya

Premature birth is the leading cause infant mortality in Kenya, but skin-to-skin care for premature babies is shown to increase positive health outcomes—outperforming incubator care. It's called Kangaroo Mother Care, and in a country where understaffed hospitals mean that mothers don't always have access to care, this method saves lives. Save the Children is teaching this method in 21 Kenyan counties and it has already saved thousands of lives.

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Nigeria's Secret STI Test Kits

Amelia Martyn-Hemphill

June 18, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria

Stigma stands in the way of safe sex practices. A start-up in Nigeria called Slide Safe is addressing the problem by offering at-home STI test kits. Supplies are delivered in inconspicuous packaging. Customers can also order contraceptives and access online support - all while remaining anonymous.

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Saving lives in Senegal through Hope

Idrissa Sane

June 16, 2018 |

AzerNews |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Senegal

A digital platform, called Hope, allows medical clinics in Senegal to track the amount of blood in their blood banks in real time and reaches out to donors via SMS to encourage them to donate every few months. When a rare blood type is needed, an emergency message goes out to all users in the same geographic area, asking them if they are available for an emergency blood donation. This platform has increased the number of blood donations in Senegal and improved patients' chances of receiving life-saving transfusions.

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Men Teaching Men To Be Better Husbands And Dads

Amy Yee

June 15, 2018 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Rwanda

MenCare is a health education program for rural Rwandan fathers, which teaches tactic for parenting, couples communication, and understanding prenatal care. Families whose patriarch participated in the program reported less domestic violence than those in a control group. Educational groups for men are part of a movement for women’s empowerment.

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'We no longer die in childbirth': how Indian villages saved their mothers

Amrit Dhillon

June 12, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: India, Purabgaon, Uttar Pradesh

Villages in India were recording record high rates for maternal mortality due to a combination of factors such has poor diets and lack of education, but a women's group has started a grassroots approach to mitigating this. Known as Save a Mother, this group "aims to educate rural women about pregnancy, nutrition, immunization, delivery and care of the child," and has already seen a significant decrease in the mortality rate throughout villages.

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