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A Housecall to Help With Doctor's Orders

Tina Rosenberg

February 28, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The health problems of millions of Americans are directly related to patients' failure to follow doctors’ orders. Community health workers are increasingly successful in New York and other American cities – not to substitute for doctors, but to help patients stick to their treatment plans.

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What Makes Community Health Care Work?

Tina Rosenberg

February 18, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Halgaon, Maharashtra

The second of two columns on how ordinary women trained to become their village doctors are making rural villages much healthier. Financial incentives, supporting workers, and encouraging cooperation from governments are just some of the strategies being implemented.

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Villages Without Doctors

Tina Rosenberg

February 14, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Halgaon, Maharashtra

Many health professionals choose to not live in poor, rural areas that lack access to healthcare. The Society for Education, Action, and Research in Community Health, and the Comprehensive Rural Health Project are training local women in rural parts of India to fill this gap. These women visit families in their community and offer services like education on breastfeeding to new mothers and vaccinations to children.

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How to Grow a Social Business

Tina Rosenberg

February 04, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Guatemala, Antigua Guatemala

Two columns on microconsignment, a new variation on microcredit that helps poor people living in developing countries - particularly women in rural villages - start small social businesses without taking on debt or requiring previous business skills. The organization, Soluciones Comunitarias, partners with a non-profit and a university student program to manage the supply chain and other components of the business necessary to support the social entrepreneurs in successful micro-ventures.

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When Microcredit Won't Do

Tina Rosenberg

January 31, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Guatemala, Nebaj

Microcredit can get people into debt when used poorly. A company in Guatemala is giving products to poor entrepreneurs on consignment and then charging a commission upon sale and in this way removing the entrepreneurs' risk.

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Removing the Roadblocks to Rehabilitation

Tina Rosenberg

January 21, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

The prison system is designed to fail - and it does. On the positive side, there are programs all over the country that recognize that helping prisoners remake their lives is both humane and cost-effective.

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For Ex-Prisoners, a Haven Away From the Streets

Tina Rosenberg

January 17, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Newly released prisoners often return to crime from lack of effective re-introduction programs. The Fortune Society in New York is a group home which offers resources and positive peer pressure to the ex-prisoners as they start over.

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Helping the World's Poorest, for a Change

Tina Rosenberg

January 07, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal

This is a column on an important new development program in use in at least 40 developing countries: give the poor cash payments, contingent on their use of health clinics and their children’s school attendance, to help break the cycle of poverty.

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To Beat Back Poverty, Pay the Poor

Tina Rosenberg

January 03, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Two columns on the most important new development program today, in use in at least 40 poor countries: give the poor cash payments, contingent on their use of health clinics and their children’s school attendance. These programs, which started in Mexico and Brazil, help the poor now and try to create a generation with less poverty in the future.

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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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