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How therapeutic clowning injects humour for a different kind of healing

Sarah Treleaven

March 05, 2021 |

Broadview Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

A growing therapeutic clowning community is helping to bring emotional relief to children and the elderly who are in hospitals and eldercare facilities. While not all patients are receptive to this play therapy, of those who are, some have shown both emotional and medical improvements in their conditions.

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'Our work is about joy': the artists redesigning hospitals for kids

Anna Rahmanan

March 03, 2021 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

RxArt is a non-profit organization that works to brighten up children's wings in hospitals with art installations. The artwork is vibrant and often covers entire rooms and hallways, eliciting positive reactions from the children who must undergo stressful tests and hospital stays.

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CHOP financial wellness program helps local families recoup $700K

Jessica Blatt Press

January 07, 2021 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

A pediatric care center in Philadelphia has partnered with a nonprofit that "helps people with tax prep and asset-building" as well as an organization that provides financial counselors to offer young patients free, on-site help with their taxes. The initiative is modeled after Boston Medical Center' StreetCred program which has "returned more than $5.3 million to more than 2,700 low-income families since 2016."

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A Year of Intersex Victories

Mari Wrobi

December 31, 2020 |

Autostraddle |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

To promote the need to end intersex surgery, an organization launched a multi-pronged campaign that raised awareness about the potentially damaging impacts of the practice. The group used social media, created a petition, and held protests outside of a local hospital – all of which resulted in the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago issuing an apology and declaring that "they will no longer be performing intersex surgeries unless absolutely medically necessary moving forward." Throughout the world, similar awareness efforts have also garnered positive outcomes.

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A clever way to provide life-saving oxygen

Craig Langran

August 27, 2020 |

BBC |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Uganda

A hospital in Uganda is using a new device created by scientists that produces oxygen without the use of electricity. Since the device has been introduced, 500 children have been treated with it and the mortality for children who have faced breathing problems has been reduced drastically.

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The breath of life

Ruth Evans

May 12, 2020 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Uganda

Scientists from Uganda and Australia have worked together to come up with a device that produces oxygen without the use of electricity. Although this solution was originally intended to help address the high rate of children suffering from pneumonia, it is now also relevant for those suffering from respiratory issues due to COVID-19, especially in rural areas.

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Akron Children's Prepared to Help Adult Colleagues

Rachele Mongiovi

March 19, 2020 |

Spectrum News 1 Ohio |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

Akron’s Children’s Hospital has developed an emergency protocol should the COVID19 pandemic reach them. Acting preemptively, they have limited visitors, removed all volunteers over age 60, and have nearly 700 employees working remotely. Feeling prepared, they’re working to help prepare hospitals that serve adult populations as well.

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In Search of the Lost Pulse

Adina Florea

December 07, 2019 |

DoR |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Romania, Sibiu, Transylvania

A private healthcare facility in Romania is helping to bring specialty surgeries to the region's children by arranging for doctors from other parts of the nation and world to convene on a rotating, but regular, basis. The surgeons, many of whom specialize in pediatric corrective surgery for congenital heart defects, perform hundreds of surgeries per year financed by the Polisano Foundation.

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Fleeing Bombs to Battle Cancer

Abby Sewell

September 05, 2019 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

The King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan and the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon were both established in order to help children from all different regions battle cancer, but since war broke out, they have been helping many more patients. In order to keep up with demand, the centers expanded and launched fundraising campaigns, which allowed the centers to continue to see a significant increase in survival ratings amongst patients.

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China's Halting Leap Forward With Childhood Cancer Care

Ting Shi

September 05, 2019 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: China, Shanghai

Despite being faced with many limitations, China is trying to improve treatments and overall outcomes for childhood cancer patients. Although the country is still pushing for further success, hospitals so far have seen an improvement in diagnosis rates, coverage rates and survival rates across China due to better data sharing and collaboration efforts.

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