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  • Pickups Mobilize Bolivia's Maternal Healthcare

    Jean Friedman-Rudovsky

    December 28, 2010 |

    Women's eNews |

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    Response Location: Bolivia, La Paz

    Mobile health units are rolling clinicians into remote parts of Bolivia and helping to lower one of the world's worst rates of maternal mortality. Reporting costs for this story were partially funded by International Planned Parenthood.

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  • Spreading the Care

    Tina Rosenberg

    December 17, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Lilongwe, Central Region

    Hospitals in Bogota are saving premature babies through the cheap and accessible kangaroo care, where mothers wear their newborns on their chest. A foundation has been transplanting the concept to other hospitals internationally through training programs.

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  • The Human Incubator

    Tina Rosenberg

    December 13, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    A shortage of incubators in a Bogota hospital was causing rampant infections among newborns. Kangaroo care, a system where the infant's mother is employed as a human incubator, was created and solved the shortage problem.

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  • The Baby Brain Connection / Armed with new research on developing brain structure, social workers can help fix troubled baby/parent relationships

    Rob Waters

    November 14, 2004 |

    SFGate |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Research has shown the importance of infant-primary caregiver attachment for the future of the child's cognitive ability, emotional health, and parent relationship. Infant Mental Health Specialists and other practitioners have emphasized programs and techniques to improve this relationship, for example infant massage classes, and specifically tailored interventions.

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