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Healing India's Traditional Healers

Sophie Cousins

March 09, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Suri, West Bengal

India has an estimated 2.5 million medical “quacks.” Can they be trained to do no harm?

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Amazon tribe creates 500-page traditional medicine encyclopedia

Jeremy Hance

June 24, 2015 |

Mongabay |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil

The Matsés, an indigenous population in Brazil in Peru, teamed up with Acaté, a conservation group, to create a medicinal knowledge encyclopedia. The encyclopedia was compiled by five shamans, took two years, is 500 pages long, and “details every plant used by Matsés to cure a massive variety of ailments.” It not only preserves ancestral knowledge, but is seen as a way to improve the health of Matsés and future generations. “Until their encyclopedia, the Matsés entire traditional health system was on the unchecked verge of disappearance.”

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Doctors and Lawyers: An Innovative Partnership in Kalihi

Anita Hofschneider

May 20, 2015 |

Honolulu Civil Beat |

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Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

Problems such as discrimination, unemployment, and homelessness can be at the root of chronic health problems such as diabetes. The Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii provide a holistic approach to healthcare, providing essential legal services for the most vulnerable among Kalihi’s community, in particular its large immigrant population.

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Essential Oils Might Be the New Antibiotics

Tori Rodriguez

January 16, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States

Essential oils contain some of the most potent anti-microbial compounds available. Only recently have scientists started pushing fr research to more deeply understand how they can be used to take the place of traditional antibiotics in medicine. The goal is to reduce antibiotics overuse and avoid creating antibiotic resistant "superbugs."

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For some, prenatal care is a community affair

Shuka Kalantari

June 18, 2014 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Latin American women in San Francisco have suffered from post-partum depression, social isolation, and chronic stress at the time of their pregnancies. Run by midwives, the Centering Pregnancy program at the San Francisco General Hospital provides patient-centered care, an environment to speak in Spanish, and a nurturing community for women’s group appointments. The results boast fewer c-sections and pre-term births, and an improvement in emotional support and overall prenatal health.

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The Himalayas' Hidden Hunger

Cathy Shufro

April 01, 2014 |

Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine |

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Response Location: Nepal, Sitapur

In Nepal, a nation of farmers, undernutrition leaves children stunted and at lifelong risk. A nationwide survey aims to track this problem and use a comprehensive approach to tackle it.

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Dr. Yogi: Physicians Integrate Yoga Into Medical Practice

Ankita Rao

February 27, 2014 |

NPR |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

A nonprofit is integrating yoga therapy in the mainstream health care system by training medical providers to use yogic breathing and techniques to treat various maladies.

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Africa's New Agents of Progress in Female Health: Traditional Male Chiefs

Olga Khazan

June 13, 2013 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: Malawi, Ntcheu

Some groups are making strides at ending child marriage and female genital mutilation, practices that are common and yet dangerous. They're doing so by reaching out to the men in charge.

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Doctors Transform How They Practice Medicine

Ankita Rao

May 15, 2013 |

KFF Health News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, El Dorado, California

The Affordable Care Act’s provisions to increase health care while decreasing costs have caused physicians some economic uncertainties. Two physicians have transformed their practices into business models that offer more services than what the insurance companies cover. The physicians report that patients spend less money on medication and hospital visits, while providing more holistic care.

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Malawi's Leader Makes Safe Childbirth Her Mission

Courtney E. Martin

February 06, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Malawi

The vast majority of births in Malawi still happen under the care of traditional birth attendants, who are often unequipped to deal with potentially lethal complications. But new president Joyce Banda is helping Malawi’s women to abandon dangerous childbirth customs by working with the custodians of local practices: village chiefs.

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