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  • Sustaining the tempo; How Kano is succeeding in its fight against Polio

    Bashar Abubakar

    January 27, 2020 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano, Kano

    Kano State in Nigeria has implemented a strategy to increase the likelihood of children receiving necessary vaccinations to reduce cases of polio. The strategy, which included enhanced training on administering the vaccinations, taking the vaccines directly to homes and "collaboration between policy makers and traditional leaders," has resulted in no cases of polio for the last five years.

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  • Reaching Pregnant People with Addictions

    Mary Hall Jessica Martinaitis

    January 27, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    Building trust with a recovery coach can reduce the shame and stigma surrounding addiction during pregnancy. In Madison, Wisconsin, the Pregnancy2Recovery program pairs expecting mothers who are struggling with addiction with coaches. The coaches, who are also recovering addicts, build rapport with their mentees, helping them navigate aspects of both recovery and pregnancy.

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  • The answer to America's health care cost problem might be in Maryland

    Tara Golshan

    January 22, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Maryland's health care system is based on three pillars – all-payer rate setting, a global budget, and total cost of care – that, together, have shown positive results both for the patients and for the state's hospitals. Although evidence of success with regard to health care costs is limited, the model of incentiving investment in community health and preventive care has shown success in reducing readmission rates for hospitals across the state.

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  • Meet ‘Firefighter' in Middle of New York Hospital's War Against Gun Violence

    Rachel Rippetoe

    January 21, 2020 |

    Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Guns Down Life Up intervenes immediately after incidents of gun violence to prevent retaliation, but then goes further to counsel at-risk youth and to provide victim counseling to help families in the wake of violence. Part of a growing movement of hospital-based violence intervention, the group’s “credible messengers” work in Harlem and South Bronx hospitals to interrupt the cycles of violence that often result in repeat victimization, which anecdotally at least it can show has worked. Then its counseling gives youth safe activities off the streets and teaches better conflict mediation tactics.

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  • Project Oklahoma: New activity-based learning program helping elementary students

    Maureen Wurtz

    January 21, 2020 |

    KTUL-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    What if kids were allowed to bounce on yoga balls or draw while they were learning to read? Some teachers and researchers in Oklahoma believe "action-based learning" can help students with behavioral challenges.

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  • The Mitrovica Rock School: bridging the divide between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo

    Louis Seiller

    January 20, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: Kosovo, Mitrovica

    Music can bridge cultural divides. The Mitrovica Rock School in Mitroviva, Kosovo, encourages young musicians of Albanian and Serbian backgrounds to create music together. The culturally “mixed” bands play across Kosovo. The rock school was founded through a collaboration between Musicians Without Borders and Community Building Mitrovica after Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia.

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  • The Netherlands has universal health insurance — and it's all private

    Dylan Scott

    January 17, 2020 |

    Vox |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands

    Health care in the Netherlands relies heavily on the collaboration, cooperation, and shared responsibility between private markets and government regulations to achieve affordable, consistent, and quality care for patients. Although the system is not without its limitations, this process has helped the country avoid preventable deaths while also guaranting nearly all residents insurance.

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  • Are you pouring hundreds of dollars a year down the drain?

    Angela Ross

    January 15, 2020 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria

    The use of rain gardens and rain tanks - which capture rainwater runoff, clean the water, and reuse the water for plants and gardens - helps to reduce water waste and toxic runoff. One Australian man built a rain garden to cut back on his waste (and his water bill) and estimates that he has cut down water consumption in his house by one third.

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  • Two sisters. Two different journeys through Australia's health care system.

    Dylan Scott

    January 15, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Australia's hybrid system of both private and public health care offers, literally, something for everyone in the country. Although there are questions about the longevity of the private sector of insurance as it pertains to the future, and the universal public health system leaves something to be desired especially as it pertains to equitably cover everyone, "in the aggregate, the system works very well."

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  • Chicago Has Failed To Collect Ambulance Fees, Prevent Misuse Of Ambulances Needed For Emergencies

    Pam Zekman

    January 14, 2020 |

    WBBM-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Richland, Illinois

    After realizing that too many people were calling 911 for issues that were not medical emergencies in Richland, Illinois, a program was launched to act as an intervention strategy. After the start, calls decreased by over 40 percent, which helped make emergency vehicles and responders available for more serious calls.

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