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Caring for mentally ill: 3 counties' success stories

Brian M. Rosenthal

October 06, 2013 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Yakima, Washington

There is a mental-health capacity crisis gripping Washington state. The area’s response approach, crafted over two decades, centers on a set of intensive outpatient and early-intervention programs aimed at preventing hospitalizations.

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Who Will Heal the Doctors?

David Bornstein

October 02, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Bureaucracy in the health care system causes burnout among doctors. A new medical course, the Healer's Art, is being offered across the nation, which helps doctors reconnect to the humanity of their work and maintain their commitment for it.

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Global Rate Of HIV Infection, AIDS-Related Deaths Dramatically Reduced: UN

Kate Kelland

September 23, 2013 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

HIV/AIDS infection and death rates are down world-wide, due to an increasing access to anti-retroviral treatment that has come from private donations, UN-work, and increased public health spending by heavily affected countries.

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Syria's refugee children haunted by horrors of war

Stephanie Capper

September 22, 2013 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Turkey, Kilis

Child Friendly Spaces in Kilis, a city with a huge Syrian refugee population, and UNICEF’s art program in Jordan’s refugee camp, try to address the mental health of refugees, who are often dealing with great trauma. “If we think these refugees only need food, clothes or medicine, we are looking at them like animals.” Organizers that run these programs say these programs are critical and needed to address the psychological effects of war.

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Medicine's Search for Meaning

David Bornstein

September 18, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Medicine is in crisis; doctors face early burnout. Medical education contributes: it creates doctors who don’t show emotion. But The Healer’s Art, a medical school course delivered in an unconventional manner, reminds doctors that they and their patients are above all, human.

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The Amazing People Who Are Changing How Low-Income Moms Give Birth

Catherine Pearson

September 12, 2013 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

One of the most vexing problems in U.S. maternity care is that low-income women, who have among the worst reproductive health outcomes in this country, also have limited access to outside birthing support. A new government-funded program provides expecting mothers with doulas, trained assistants who offer much needed physical, emotional and informational support before, during and after birth.

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You've Tracked Down Hundreds Of Accessible Playgrounds. Help Us Find More!

Matt Stiles

September 11, 2013 |

NPR |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Playgrounds that are accessible for children with special needs can be difficult to find. NPR launched a national crowd-sourced guide called Playgrounds for Everyone, which invited individuals to add playgrounds that are accessible. After the launch, nearly 400 playgrounds have been added to the already 1200 playgrounds on the map that will help families find public places for their children to play.

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It really does take a village: How Memphis is fixing healthcare

Alex Halperin

September 03, 2013 |

Salon |

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Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

Preventing and treating chronic disease for low-income patients is one of the most vexing and expensive public health problems in this country - the healthcare system in Memphis, Tennessee, is not immune. But in the middle of the last decade, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis’s largest hospital system, began teaming up with churches to address the city’s abysmal health situation and reduce the cost of care.

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The Cure for the $1,000 Toothbrush

Tina Rosenberg

August 13, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Why do hospitals charge such outrageous prices for health care? Because they can – especially because they have the complicity of your insurance company. But some pioneering insurers are holding down costs.

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A Fate Better than Death: Communities Unite to Fight Maternal Mortality in Assam

Sarita Santoshini

August 03, 2013 |

Bitch Media |

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Response Location: India, Assam

India faces a crisis with maternal mortality; largely due to poorly implemented maternal healthcare benefits, and high anemia rates due to harsh working conditions, the state of Assam suffers from the highest ratio of maternal deaths in the country. "End Maternal Mortality Now" (EndMMNow) - a community project comprised of the efforts of three NGOs - empowers members of the Sonitpur district of Assam to report violations of public health entitlements using text message codes, and serves to inform women of their rights, leading to community-driven improvements in healthcare infrastructure.

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