Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 3799 results  for your search.  View and Refine Your Search Terms

  • Five ways cities can reduce infant mortality: Saving the Smallest

    December 11, 2015 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

    Text |

    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.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Using paramedics to help hospice patients avoid unwanted care

    December 10, 2015 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ventura, California

    A hospice patient's end-of-life desires are most often thwarted when well-meaning loved ones see the patient in some sort of distress. New programs ask first-responder paramedics to work with hospice programs to better honor a person’s end-of-life wishes.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Cleveland group prenatal care helps prevent infant mortality

    December 10, 2015 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland's infant mortality rate is double the national average. Sugar Mamas is a local program based on the national CenteringPregnancy programs where pregnant women who have diabetes meet twice a month to discuss some of their concerns and support each other to deliver healthy babies. The model helps women become more knowledgeable and also have a support system.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Malaria Deaths Dropped Below Half A Million In Past Year: WHO

    December 09, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania, Arusha, Arusha

    The number of people killed by malaria dropped below half a million in the past year, reflecting vast progress against the mosquito-borne disease in some of the previously hardest-hit areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Mosquito nets have proven widely successful.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Latinos Live Longest Despite Poverty. Here's Their Secret

    December 08, 2015 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    U.S. Hispanics who pass down a tradition of food, family, and healing are healthier. But as generations become more assimilated, many are adjusting to less healthy diets and habits.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • This One-Man NGO Is Saving Water One Drop at a Time

    December 08, 2015 |

    TakePart |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    The Drop Dead Foundation, founded and headed up by an 80-year-old man in Mumbai, India, is fighting water waste by fixing leaks, one home at a time. With the world's most precious resource going to waste, lower-income homes in India simply do not have the resources to pay for plumbing services. This is where the foundation steps in.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • CPR Survival Rates Can Differ Greatly by City

    December 07, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Improvements in CPR remain underused in practice, with many doctors giving up too soon. As a result, survival rates after cardiac arrest vary as much as 500 percent across the country.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • The Story Behind the First-Ever Life Insurance Coverage for People With HIV

    December 07, 2015 |

    GOOD Magazine |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Up until 2015, people living with HIV in the U.S. could not buy term life insurance, outside of a few small-value employer policies. Æqualis, a new company in partnership with Prudential Financial, began offering 10- and 15-year life insurance policies to individual consumers to help them and to reduce stigmas surrounding the disease.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Fresh-made meals a learning experience at schools

    December 05, 2015 |

    The Boston Globe |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Most public schools lunches are cheap, frozen meals, which satisfy federal nutrition standards but kids don't eat them so student performance suffers. A school in Boston partnered with a non-profit to test entrees that are cheap, healthy, and that the students like.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Medical Program Helps Ease Strain On Hospitals In Developing Countries

    December 04, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India

    To help with the doctor shortage in India, a non-profit is training patients' family members to check pulses, supervise physical therapy, encourage a healthy diet, and administer medication to reduce readmission rates.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

Go to All Solutions in Focus