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Denmark's vision for solving the world's water woes

Jean Chua

March 25, 2015 |

Eco-Business |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

Though once the rivers were afoul with pollution and the carcasses of poisoned fish and the water from taps was too hazardous to drink, Denmark now boasts some of the world's cleanest drinking water and some of it's most comprehensive programs for good water management. The Danish government is looking to help other nations replicate their success, leveraging technology and collaboration to better manage water treatment and conservation for all.

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Health Care Systems Try to Cut Costs by Aiding the Poor and Troubled

Sabrina Tavernise

March 22, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Some medical conditions are costly no matter what, but many super utilizers rack up costs for avoidable reasons related to poverty, homelessness, mental illness, etc. and visit the ER to be safe for a night. A pilot program, in Minnesota, is reducing avoidable hospital use by fixing patients’ problems before they become expensive medical issues.

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Recycling Unused Medicines to Save Money and Lives

David Bornstein

March 20, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

One in five seniors reports cutting back on basics like food or heat to afford prescription drugs - for many, cutting back on medicine led to faster health declines, increased hospitalizations and premature death. Sirum, a new nonprofit, was designed to make it easy for institutions to donate medicines with the assurance that they would be safely transported and dispensed to people who needed them.

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New organ donation system all about heart

Zhang Qian

March 17, 2015 |

Shanghai Daily |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: China

Organ donation in China has become increasingly transparent in recent years, leading to an increase in the number of people agreeing to donate. Now that there is a transparent, national donation system this trend is expected to continue.

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Inviting Patients To Help Decide Their Own Treatment

Anna Gorman

March 16, 2015 |

Kaiser Health News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The Patient Support Corps at UC San Francisco Medical Center pairs interns with patients to provide support during visits. The program, which now acts as a model for other hospitals, encourages patients to speak up and offers them the information needed to make decisions about their care, rather than having the doctors make the decision for them.

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Syria's next generation

Lauren Gelfond Feldinger

March 12, 2015 |

BBC |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Syria, Damascus

The refugee crisis in Syria is one of modern society's greatest diasporas. Syria's refugee children are not a lost generation, but the country's next generation, according to volunteers who want to prepare them for the future.

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In this Manila 'baby factory,' why women put up with crowding four to a bed

Sonia Narang

March 09, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Philippines, Manila

Fabella Hospital in Manila is overrun with women in labor or recovering, it exemplifies the overpopulation of the area due to a lack of contraception and family planning access. The Philippines’ Reproductive Health Bill hopes to change this by allowing contraception to be available at public health places and allowing family planning services at these facilities.

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Police and the mentally ill: LAPD praised as a model for nation

Stephanie O'Neill

March 09, 2015 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

LAPD's special team, the Mental Evaluation Unit, is teaming up police officers with mental health clinicians to better approach and address individuals suffering from a mental health crisis. Rather than sending them to jail - where resources are limited and a vicious cycle often results - the teams help ensure patients get the medical care they need, preventing brushes with the law and county millions of dollars and freed up thousands of hours of patrol time. Their model is being replicated nation-wide.

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How this clinic has changed a nation's view of family planning

Sonia Narang

March 09, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Philippines, Manila, Metro Manila

Women in the Philippines have been coming to this small clinic in a Manila slum for years to get affordable birth control, something frowned upon in this largely conservative Catholic country.

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A Vermont-Made App That Could Save Kids' Lives

Ken Picard

March 04, 2015 |

Seven Days |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

Medical providers, tech experts and business professionals joined together to create in Vermont to create MEDSINC, a mobile app that helps people with no medical background to treat children with health risks. The "mobile intelligence software" provides a list of questions to help assess a child's health risks and, based on results, offers treatment suggestions. An early pilot shows, "the app's recommendations have corresponded to those of actual pediatricians 94 percent of the time."

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