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Nigerian public hospital where nurses treat patients with respect and system is digitised

Taiwo Adebulu

February 11, 2020 |

TheCable |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ebute Metta, Lagos State

A hospital in Nigeria has implemented the use of an electronic medical record (EMR) system for patients to decrease mismanagement practices and increase transparency and accountability. The card that patients are given resembles an ATM card and acts as a means of health records and payment information.

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How South Africa Ended Its Secret Births

Rashiq Fataar

February 07, 2020 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: South Africa

By expanding access, using financial incentives, and increasing transparency, the South African government increased universal birth registration rates from under one-quarter of the population to 95 percent of the population over 30 years. Long associated with restricting access during Apartheid, registration rates now help residents gain access to more resources and opportunities and help the government maintain more accurate demographic data.

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Welcome to Ellenville: How a Rural New York Village Became a Model for Opioid Administration

Barbara Mantel

February 06, 2020 |

Rural Health Quarterly |

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Response Location: United States, Ellenville, New York

Rather than prescribing opioids for pain treatment, an Ellenville Regional Hospital program treats emergency room patients with chronic pain using non-opioid treatments and offers referrals to local behavioral health services to address the issue of opioid addiction and overdoses.

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How to help students cope with mental health in schools

Alfonso Serrano

February 05, 2020 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

A program developed in Boston's public schools works with students who have missed many days of school as a result of mental health challenges to transition back into the classroom. By providing academic and emotional support, trained counselors encourage students to continue their education.

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Des médecins salariés pour lutter contre les déserts médicaux

William Buzy

February 03, 2020 |

Impact(s) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: France

Pour pallier le manque de personnel médical sur leurs territoires, de nombreuses communes ont choisi d’ouvrir des centres de santé municipaux, et d’y salarier des médecins. En Saône et Loire,par exemple, 40 médecins ont été recrutés et 20 000 habitants ont pu retrouver un médecin traitant dans l’une des 45 antennes du centre départemental de santé.

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In the UK's health system, rationing isn't a dirty word

Ezra Klein

January 28, 2020 |

Vox |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom

The United Kingdom's health-care system – which has been lauded as one of the most equitable models for care – is built around a government agency that decides "which treatments are worth covering, and for whom." Although the measures used to determine these recommendations are controversial and the agency doesn't always sustain public trust in their decisions, the overall outcome has increased both social solidarity and life expectancy.

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Sustaining the tempo; How Kano is succeeding in its fight against Polio

Bashar Abubakar

January 27, 2020 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano, Kano

Kano State in Nigeria has implemented a strategy to increase the likelihood of children receiving necessary vaccinations to reduce cases of polio. The strategy, which included enhanced training on administering the vaccinations, taking the vaccines directly to homes and "collaboration between policy makers and traditional leaders," has resulted in no cases of polio for the last five years.

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The answer to America's health care cost problem might be in Maryland

Tara Golshan

January 22, 2020 |

Vox |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Maryland

Maryland's health care system is based on three pillars – all-payer rate setting, a global budget, and total cost of care – that, together, have shown positive results both for the patients and for the state's hospitals. Although evidence of success with regard to health care costs is limited, the model of incentiving investment in community health and preventive care has shown success in reducing readmission rates for hospitals across the state.

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The Netherlands has universal health insurance — and it's all private

Dylan Scott

January 17, 2020 |

Vox |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Netherlands

Health care in the Netherlands relies heavily on the collaboration, cooperation, and shared responsibility between private markets and government regulations to achieve affordable, consistent, and quality care for patients. Although the system is not without its limitations, this process has helped the country avoid preventable deaths while also guaranting nearly all residents insurance.

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Two sisters. Two different journeys through Australia's health care system.

Dylan Scott

January 15, 2020 |

Vox |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Australia

Australia's hybrid system of both private and public health care offers, literally, something for everyone in the country. Although there are questions about the longevity of the private sector of insurance as it pertains to the future, and the universal public health system leaves something to be desired especially as it pertains to equitably cover everyone, "in the aggregate, the system works very well."

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