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  • The City That Unpoisoned Its Pipes

    August 08, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Lansing, Michigan

    The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has left the city in dire straits without funds or political will to replace its lead pipes. Less than fifty-miles away, the city of Lansing has managed to replace almost all of its pipes, even during the Great Recession. Between Flint and Lansing, divergent approaches to management of utilities, funds, and citizen health provide extraordinary lessons about what worked and what caused the failures.

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  • Colorado's rural area leaders contemplating controversial needle exchange program

    August 06, 2016 |

    The Pueblo Chieftain |

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    Response Location: United States, Alamosa, Colorado

    Officials in the San Luis Valley are testing the use of a needle-exchange program as a risk prevention measure for users of heroin and other injected drugs, providing addicts with access to a broader menu of services.

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  • Pathways to recovery

    August 05, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Rio Arriba, New Mexico

    In Española, New Mexico, a state-funded program called the Pathways Community HUB Model brings law enforcement, health care providers, and treatment centers together to make sure they have a whole picture of each addiction patient's medical and criminal background. The program allows all entities to have access to a single database with medical and criminal records, allowing people working to combat addiction in the community to have a better idea of each patient's story.

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  • The Town that Tried it All

    August 05, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Española, New Mexico

    The Santa Fe Mountain Center uses harm reduction strategies such as needle exchanges and providing naloxone and other supplies for safer drug use, to help those struggling with addiction. These strategies aim to reduce unnecessary harm while building trust to help people enter treatment when they’re ready. In the past year, the Center collected over one million needles, gave out more than 3,000 doses of naloxone and recorded over 700 successful overdose referrals.

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  • New Initiative Aims To Address Opiate Addiction From Multiple Angles

    August 05, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Española, New Mexico

    Heroin and opiate addiction is a growing problem across the country, but it’s also a familiar concern in Rio Arriba county. Local health officials have tried for years to reduce the number of overdose deaths in the county. A new initiative called Pathways aims to bring new resources to the fight, but not everyone agrees that it’s the best approach.

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  • How to get a treatment that works into “every medicine cabinet”

    August 05, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    Opioid overdoses have increased across the United States and rural areas have more difficult access to receive proper treatment. Narcan or Naloxone is a treatment for opioid overdose that is more accessible now to rural communities in New Mexico, offering more expedient emergency response.

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  • A new brand of doctor targets the unhealthy in rural Tennessee

    August 05, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cookeville, Tennessee

    An emerging health care model, in Tennessee, has expanded to about 50 counties under a federal innovation program aimed at trying to give better care at lower prices.

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  • New Jersey coalition could carry health care fix for New Mexico

    August 04, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    Improving health care with the patient’s goals in mind requires in-person consultations and a system that efficiently collects data from the patient’s medical history and treatment. The Camden Coalition Health Information provides a network of electronic medical records for each patient with data contributed from hospitals and labs. The Exchange also uses “health care hotspotting” to connect patients with services that have had success and offers in-person conversations to chart their progress.

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  • Mosquito Hunter

    August 02, 2016 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Recife

    Racing to contain the Zika outbreak, Brazil has deployed an army of health workers to eradicate mosquitoes. But in a country where standing water abounds, giving mosquitoes endless opportunities to breed, the task is daunting.

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  • Brazil Slashes Child Mortality Rates With Breastfeeding, Milk Banks

    August 02, 2016 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Child mortality is a global problem that can be reduced by increasing breastfeeding rates; however, many mothers are either under too much cultural pressure, need to work, or cannot lactate enough milk. Brazil has devised an education program to help mothers breastfeed and has also created milk banks, through which mothers can donate excess milk to mothers who cannot produce. Additionally, Brazil offers paid maternity leave for mothers who have time to breastfeed and provide better health for their bodies as well as their new babies.

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