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Repairing the Surgery Deficit

Sarika Bansal

August 08, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Zambia

In Zambia, the need for surgery is just as common as in the United States - doctors, however, are rare. So Zambia is training clinical officers – with no medical degrees – to do C-sections and hernia repairs.

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Open Education for a Global Economy

David Bornstein

July 11, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

An Irish-based company, ALISON, provides free, high-quality e-courses to people around the globe in order to help close the gap between education and workplace skills. Particularly focused on providing access to areas where more traditional forms of education and job training are difficult to get, this approach is helping to change lives and the economy for the better.

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Haiti's road to recovery

Jacob Kushner

June 28, 2012 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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Response Location: Haiti

An essential roadway in Haiti is being rebuilt in the kind of aid Haitians say is vital to economic recovery after the catastrophic earthquake of 2010. National Route 7 is an important highway for farmers and other merchants who transport their goods for sale to Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince. The current dangerous conditions of the road lead to deadly accidents as well as car troubles which prevent farmers from selling their harvest. Other much larger reconstruction projects in Haiti are often more expensive, yet not as vital in bringing actual change or long-lasting benefits to Haitians.

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Nepal sees end in sight for trachoma

Amy Yee

June 23, 2012 |

The Lancet |

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Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

In Nepal, specialty eye hospitals are training staff to travel to remote areas of the country to provide eye care to rural communities. This initiative is aimed to prevent and treat trachoma, a degenerative eye disease, with the goal of ultimately eradicating blindness caused by trachoma.

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Soap Operas With a Social Message

Sarika Bansal

January 26, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya

By depicting crucial social issues such as infant mortality, domestic abuse, and alcoholism, TV and radio soap operas are being used internationally as a powerful tool for mass behavior change.

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Health Care for a Changing Work Force

David Bornstein

December 01, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

America’s system of health care is based on an old industrial-era model, without taking into account a decentralized, mobile, independent workforce that remains largely unprotected without health and unemployment insurance. The Freelancers Insurance Company, based in New York State, offers competitive premiums by having their executives receive salaries at low wages. The model keeps costs under control, which in turn makes health care more accessible to independent workers.

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Thinking Outside the Bus

Lisa Margonelli

November 17, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Brunswick, Maine

Bus service for people who live outside major cities is either nonexistent or might as well be. But some communities are helping bring mobility to non-drivers with bus service they can really use.

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A Housecall to Help With Doctor's Orders

Tina Rosenberg

February 28, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The health problems of millions of Americans are directly related to patients' failure to follow doctors’ orders. Community health workers are increasingly successful in New York and other American cities – not to substitute for doctors, but to help patients stick to their treatment plans.

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What Makes Community Health Care Work?

Tina Rosenberg

February 18, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Halgaon, Maharashtra

The second of two columns on how ordinary women trained to become their village doctors are making rural villages much healthier. Financial incentives, supporting workers, and encouraging cooperation from governments are just some of the strategies being implemented.

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Villages Without Doctors

Tina Rosenberg

February 14, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Halgaon, Maharashtra

Many health professionals choose to not live in poor, rural areas that lack access to healthcare. The Society for Education, Action, and Research in Community Health, and the Comprehensive Rural Health Project are training local women in rural parts of India to fill this gap. These women visit families in their community and offer services like education on breastfeeding to new mothers and vaccinations to children.

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