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5 steps, fast: This plastic sheet and pouch can stop thousands of women from dying after giving birth

Zano Kunene

May 15, 2023 |

Bhekisisa |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Africa

To address maternal mortality, drapes with volume markings are being used to manage life-threatening bleeding after birth. The drapes collect the blood and are marked with measurements so healthcare workers can monitor blood loss and interfere and provide care before it’s too late. The drapes were tested in 78 hospitals throughout the country between August 2021 and the end of 2022 and allowed healthcare workers to interfere with excessive bleeding in time for 90% of patients.

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"Usual algorithms stopped working:" Dnipro rehabilitation center restores war-wounded bodies

Natalia Kulidi

April 13, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine

The RECOVERY Rehabilitation Center provides rehabilitation care for wounded soldiers. Providers at the center provide patients with specialized care and help to create individual action plans for when patients leave the center to ensure they have the means to adapt to their new way of life.

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‘Sleep as medicine,' or how to make a hospital stay less unhealthy

Katherine Ellison

February 19, 2023 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Following studies that show how important sleep is to hospital patients, several hospitals are revamping their practices to use sleep as medicine and take a more “patient-centered care” approach to allow patients ample time to rest and heal.

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Meet the doctor who is trying to change the perception of vasectomies

Chloe Nordquist

February 01, 2023 |

KGTV-TV |

Multi-Media |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Iowa

The SimpleVas Vasectomy Clinic is a mobile clinic that travels around to provide easy access to vasectomies by simplifying the entire process. The mobile clinic travels nearly 600 miles around the state every month and has even traveled out to New York City to spread awareness. Through raising awareness of the procedure, the doctor in charge of the clinic now performs about 600 to 700 vasectomies a year.

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NoScar: how Ukrainians are helped to get rid of scars of war

Viktoriia Hubareva

January 03, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Ukraine

The NoScar initiative unites volunteer doctors from all over the country to provide free cosmetic surgeries to those with scars due to the ongoing war. There are more than 40 plastic surgeons providing the procedures and together they’ve served 30 patients, as well as soldiers.

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Hospital and a home: Uganda shelters offer a lifeline to cancer patients

Dan Ayebare

December 23, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

The Uganda Cancer Institute placed a tent and mattresses outside of their Kampala hospital as a free shelter for cancer patients and their families. Before the shelter, patients who could not afford transportation to and from hospital visits were sleeping outside in the elements which reduced their chances of recovery.

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CHP is trying to attract nurse practitioners to the Berkshires by offering them residencies

Aina de Lapparent Alvarez

December 21, 2022 |

The Berkshire Eagle |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

The Community Health Program’s Great Barrington Health Center and the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester partnered together to provide a residency program to attract nurse practitioners to the area. The program helps train nurse practitioners to provide care and master concepts like insurance policies and medical computer systems in areas that are lacking these medical professionals.

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Caring for kids with spina bifida can be difficult, but Nigerian parents are learning new ways of doing it

Violet Ikong

November 30, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Festus Fajemilo Foundation teaches parents how to care for children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and helps fund treatment and surgery costs for families who can’t afford it. The foundation connects with parents through social media, radio, TV, and public lectures like its annual “Go-Folic” campaign which encourages women on the importance of folic acid and has reached 10,000 people so far.

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Ukrainian Doctors Reach Out For Help, American Surgeons Answer the Call

Peter Hull

November 14, 2022 |

NBCLX |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York

Northwell Health provides telehealth services and support to Ukranian doctors and hospitals in need of assistance during the war as they face an increased need of medical care.

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How Cleft Surgery Unites Families, Saves Lives

Risikat Ramoni

October 29, 2022 |

Daily Trust |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Smile Train is a non-government organization that helps families that are struggling financially to afford cleft lip and palate surgeries for their children in need. Since 2007, Smile Train has successfully paid for 31,000 successful surgeries and has a presence in 45 hospitals across the country.

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