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The Town Trying to Cure Loneliness

Sam Judah

April 10, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: England, Frome, Somerset

To combat the growing epidemic of loneliness among senior citizens, Frome, England is utilizing a network of family physicians, community volunteers, and social clubs. The multi-pronged approach involves multiple referrals to connect senior citizens with activities that can ultimately positively impact their health, resulting in steep decline in the cost of emergency hospital admissions.

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Can Art Heal? How A Lagos Creative Group Is Using Art As Therapy

Chibuike Alagboso

March 12, 2018 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The pediatric oncology ward at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital is using art therapy to help their patients heal emotionally from treatment. The Arts in Medicine Project utilizes several forms of artistic expression to help patients express their emotions.

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Since 2007, Peru has saved more than 350,000 kids from being stunted

Jack Graham

February 15, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Peru, San Isidro

Peru formerly had one of the highest rates of stunting in South America, with chronic malnutrition affecting more than 1 in 4 children under five. Thanks to results-based budgeting and a government-wide commitment to fighting child poverty, the country has halved that rate, improving the long-term health and cognitive development of its youngest citizens.

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States require doctors to use prescription drug monitoring systems for patients

Christine Vestal

January 15, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Prescription drug mointoring programs provide a doctor with information about a patient’s prescriptions and—in some states—drug-related hospitalizations and arrests. With this tool, doctors are better able to identify drug-seeking behavior and intervene with at risk patients.

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The ‘Frequent Flier' Program That Grounded a Hospital's Soaring Costs

Arthur Allen

December 18, 2017 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Sharing data between health care centers and community social services lowers health care costs and increases access to vital assistance. A software platform developed by the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) allows social service organizations such as homeless shelters and food pantries to coordinate with the Parkland Memorial Hospital. By identifying patients who are frequently admitted to Parkland’s emergency room, PCCI’s shared Iris system helps agencies manage individual cases and makes more efficient use of limited healthcare resources.

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Opioid Crisis Forces Physicians To Focus On Alternative Pain Treatments

Katja Ridderbusch

December 15, 2017 |

WABE |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Opioid abuse claimed over 53 000 American lives in 2016, and has been a cause for concern. Now doctors are looking to alternatives to opioids, both medication and non-medication options, that can be decided based on thorough assessments and discussing the consequences of opioids with patients.

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How Nigeria Defeated Ebola

Kristin Peterson Morenike O. Folayan

December 10, 2017 |

Africa Is A Country |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Nigeria contained its 2014 Ebola outbreak through rapid emergency response and compassionate care. In less than 10 weeks, health workers visited more than 147,000 people who may have had first or second degree contact with the index patient, tracking body temperatures and other health data while isolating themselves from their own families to prevent further exposure. Patients received psychosocial support, and a massive public awareness campaign encouraged public trust throughout the crisis.

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Portugal's radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn't the world copied it?

Susana Ferreira

December 05, 2017 |

The Guardian |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Portugal, Olhão

After the fall of an oppressive and isolating regime, Portugal found itself utterly unprepared to deal with the rapid distribution of narcotics in the 1980s, creating a crisis that left 1 in every 10 people struggling with addiction. The country took a radical approach to rectifying opioid use through a huge cultural shift in the way it viewed and treated addicts - prioritizing support services and pioneering programs like needle-exchange and substitution therapy, and eventually decriminalizing hard drugs so that users could more easily get help, and drug rates have since plummeted.

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Engineering solutions for the future of modern medicine

Lucy Jolin

November 28, 2017 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: England

The healthcare world is highly innovative right now as it tries to make medicine more personalized and harnesses engineering. Hitachi is trying to aggregate data in order to prevent disease and help the healthcare system function better.

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Breast cancer once killed far more black women than white women in Chicago. Here's how that changed.

Ese Olumhense

November 27, 2017 |

Chicago Tribune |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

In Chicago, the disparity in mortality rates between white and black women who contracted breast cancer was once disturbingly high, one of the worst in the nation . But ten years of fostering partnerships between the city and groups like the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force has helped make Chicago a leader in creating more equal access to services like mammograms, support groups, and assistance with open enrollment for health care.

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