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Advancing TB Test Technology, Where It Matters Most

Jens Erik Gould

June 12, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

Tuberculosis is still a rampant problem in the developing world. Doctors are looking for even more advanced ways to test for TB beyond the GeneXpert tests.

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Zanzibar's 'Solar Mamas' flip the switch on rural homes, gender roles

Sam Eaton

June 05, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Tanzania, Matemwe, Zanzibar

In Zanzibar, hundreds of households too poor and remote to have access to the electrical grid are getting low cost solar power for the first time, from a group of local female engineers trained by and Indian NGO. It's the first of several "solar mamas" projects planned for parts of rural Africa, and it's turning some traditional gender roles on their head.

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How one rural Alabama hospital bucked the trend and will reopen its labor & delivery

Anna Claire Vollers

May 27, 2015 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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Response Location: United States, Alabama

Rural areas are seeing the shut down of medical services such as Labor & Delivery units, making it harder for expectant mothers to receive proper care. Dr. Waits in Bibb County is opening a Labor & delivery unit through critical funding, and using the unit for more than just obstetrics.

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Nepal's Renegade Strategy to Save Mothers

Patrick Adams

May 15, 2015 |

Foreign Policy |

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Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu, Central Region

In Nepal, a controversial drug is proving to be effective in saving mother's lives. It's the only shelf-stable, easy-to-administer solution to curbing postpartum hemorrhage. In trials, misoprostol is shown to save the lives of women who live far from medical care facilities. Since Nepal allowed use of the drug, postpartum hemorrhage has fallen from the leading cause of maternal death to number two.

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Behind Prison Walls, This Program Demonstrates That It's Never Too Late to Learn

Spencer Parts

April 30, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Princeton, New Jersey

The Petey Greene program, which has students tutor prison inmates, is helping to create positive impact and change in the lives of both the university student tutors and the inmates they mentor. It provides prisoners with better opportunities once they are released, and the tutors with a renewed appreciation of the power of education.

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Fighting TB with a Drive-in Film and Test

Amy Maxmen

April 03, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Tanzania

Slow test results make it difficult to stop the spread of tuberculosis. Using faster diagnostic technology and driving vans to rural areas in Tanzania, GeneXpert is making progress in treating this curable disease.

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Program works to end homelessness among Colorado Springs veterans

Jakob Rodgers

March 30, 2015 |

Colorado Springs Gazette |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Homes for All Veterans, a program within the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Human Services, recently began training volunteers to walk the city's streets in search of homeless veterans, with the goal of effectively eliminate veteran homelessness by the end of the year. If successful, advocates say the push to end veteran homelessness could be the first step in addressing the city's larger, chronically homeless population.

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Company Thinks It Has Answer for Lower Health Costs: Customer Service

Margot Sanger-Katz

March 27, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The health care system in the United States is not only expensive, but also its social inequities and infrastructure fail to aid patients’ individual needs. Iora Primary Care in Seattle offers a monthly stipend for physicians as well as a financial bonus for how much money is saved on avoiding expensive care. Iora’s model of care also prides itself on health coaches, who offer support for dietary needs and day to day living necessities.

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A Bowl Full of Hope

Jennifer Hattam

March 13, 2015 |

GOOD Magazine |

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Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

With the recent large influx of refugees, crumbling infrastructure, crowded streets, and struggling social services, bing disabled or homeless in Istanbul means facing serious challenges to carving out a dignified life. But one group is helping bring these communities together and create empowerment through cycling. Engelsiz Çorba partners disabled volunteers with cyclists to deliver food to the homeless and encourage them to share their stories.

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A Vermont-Made App That Could Save Kids' Lives

Ken Picard

March 04, 2015 |

Seven Days |

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Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

Medical providers, tech experts and business professionals joined together to create in Vermont to create MEDSINC, a mobile app that helps people with no medical background to treat children with health risks. The "mobile intelligence software" provides a list of questions to help assess a child's health risks and, based on results, offers treatment suggestions. An early pilot shows, "the app's recommendations have corresponded to those of actual pediatricians 94 percent of the time."

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