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Curing Hepatitis C, in an Experiment the Size of Egypt

Donald G. McNeil Jr.

December 15, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

A new approach to distributing pharmaceuticals in Egypt could become the blueprint for providing cutting-edge medicines to the poor. The approach, developed to fight Hep. C, capitalizes on local networks and involves negotiating lower prices with drug companies.

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In one of Africa's largest slums, these girls saved to solve a problem

Marco Werman

December 14, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi, Nairobi

Girls from the Nairobi slum of Kibera had a problem: They could not attend school because they could not afford sanitary pads. Absent government help, they decided to form a savings group, depositing and investing money.

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India's Maternal Care Crisis: Is There A Solution?

Meera Vijayann

December 14, 2015 |

Forbes |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Dombivli

A social enterprise in India addresses the root causes of the country's maternal health care crisis, studying social and economic factors that contribute to infant deaths, domestic violence, and improper maternal health care practices. The enterprise, SNEHA, builds relationships with mothers to learn about their health and domestic violence history, and offers financial and health care support.

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The Opposite of Martin Shkreli: Drug Development Without Profit

Amy Maxmen

December 14, 2015 |

Global Health Now |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Sudan

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative promotes mycetoma research forward despite a dearth of funds, working as a social enterprise and keeping costs and budgets low.

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How a Boy's Concussion Death Changed British Sports

Ken Belson

December 13, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Rosewell

After a young rugby player died in Northern Ireland, his family and a brain expert set about to establish concussion guidelines, looking in part to the United States.

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Prevention better than cure in Cuban healthcare system

Fiona Hill

December 13, 2015 |

BBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Cuba

As a person’s disease advances their health care needs become more expensive. The Cuban health care system keeps costs down and patients healthy through compulsory healthy checks and emphasis on prevention.

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Five ways cities can reduce infant mortality: Saving the Smallest

Brie Zeltner

December 11, 2015 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore's infant mortality rate has dropped by 24 percent, and health officials there as well as independent research groups have credited the city's B'More for Healthy Babies initiative, launched in 2009.

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Baltimore's infant mortality efforts at work in poorest neighborhoods: Saving the Smallest

Brie Zeltner

December 11, 2015 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

When Baltimore launched a citywide effort to reduce infant mortality in 2009 called B'More for Healthy Babies, Upton Druid Heights was a prime target. That effort has since cut down infant deaths in the city by 24 percent and led to a record low number of annual sleep-related infant deaths.

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Here's More Proof That Giving Housing To Vets Prevents Homelessness

Eleanor Goldberg

December 11, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Virginia

Homelessness is rampant, and cities often struggle with creative ways to eliminate the problem. Numerous studies and pilot programs have concluded that simply giving housing to homeless people is a cost-effective and surefire way to keep them off of the streets.

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How Baltimore cut its infant mortality rate: Saving the Smallest

Brie Zeltner

December 11, 2015 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Since B'More for Healthy Babies launched in Baltimore in 2009, Baltimore's infant deaths have dropped by 24 percent, outstripping their home state's progress in the same period by a factor of three, and the nation's by four. Cleveland is at the beginning of its own plan to turn around decades of failure in preventing infant deaths.

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