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  • Charity's vision for a blind-free Indonesia

    Arlina Arshad

    June 24, 2017 |

    AzerNews |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Indonesia, Sumatra

    A New Vision is a Singapore-based non-profit that provides free cataract surgery to impoverished people in Indonesia. Indonesia has one of the highest rates of blindness in the world, and 50 percent of these cases are due to cataracts, which can be reversed with a simple surgical procedure. A New Vision sets up free clinics in Indonesian villages and performs cataract surgery on locals and sends local health care providers to Nepal to be trained to perform these surgeries themselves and provide post-op care.

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  • Therapy for Everybody

    Olga Khazan

    June 22, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Johnson City, Tennessee

    People living in rural areas often do not have access to therapy, additionally, the price of therapy can be expensive. In Tennessee, therapists now provide brief psychotherapy sessions within a health clinic, in order to serve the public faster and cheaper.

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  • Even the Insured Often Can't Afford Their Medical Bills

    Helaine Olen

    June 18, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Massapequa, New York

    As the cost of care and medication continues to rise, many people find themselves underinsured and unprotected from a financial crisis when facing a medical emergency or ongoing treatment for a chronic disease. To address this issue, programs are working to assist people with paying for the costs of care and avoiding bankruptcy based on diagnosis, employment history, or individual pleas on crowdfunding sites. While these programs can make an impact, the need is much larger than the funding available and it is often difficult for patients to find and apply for these funds.

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  • Selling Doctors on Cutting Drug Costs

    Jay Hancock

    June 06, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Albany, New York

    Big pharmaceutical companies spend thousands of dollars every year persuading doctors to prescribe their products to patients. Doctors comply, often not realizing that a generic alternative exists or how much the name brand product is costing insurance companies and patients. The Capital District Physicians' Health Plan recruits big pharma drug representatives and hires them to educate doctors about the tactics used to sell them costly products and offer them the cheaper generic options instead. In the first year, these representatives saved patients 5 million dollars just by switching one drug to generic.

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  • Medical Waste in Cairo: Impact and Health Problems

    Alaa El Dirini

    May 20, 2017 |

    Shorthand Social |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

    Large amounts of mismanaged medical waste are a concern in Cairo, since they can cause a wide range of illnesses and negatively affect the environment. NGO's are working to direct waste to proper sites, provide medical treatment to infected individuals, and help educate the public.

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  • The Answer To Oregon's $8 Billion Health Problem Lies In 1970s Maine

    Ryan Haas

    May 17, 2017 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    For decades, Franklin County's comprehensive healthcare plan has kept its residents some of the healthiest people in Maine despite being some of the poorest as well. Now, Oregon is looking to do the same.

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  • Getting Help in Emergencies in Super-Quick Time

    Gemma Newby Sahar Zand

    May 09, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Dominican Republic, Guayubín, Monte Cristi

    Jason Friesen, an American paramedic who had served in Haiti after the earthquake, realized that many poor communities in the Caribbean were lacking the equivalent of the United States’ 911 emergency medical services, and were facing increased death tolls as a consequence. But in noting these communities’ possession [and use] of mobile phones, Friesen realized he could help such communities set up emergency response systems through the use of volunteers and a simple text message exchange. Now, his organization—Trek Medics—simplifies and democratizes the emergency dispatch system, and, as a result, saves numerous lives in rural communities.

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  • The Fix

    Michael O’Brien

    May 07, 2017 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Throughout New York City’s five boroughs, the opioid crisis has had a huge impact across class, race, and neighborhood boundaries. In response, several initiatives have been implemented including needle exchanges, providing rehabilitation treatment in the community rather than out of state, asking about drug use during the primary care visits, and integrating methodone services into primary care provision.

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  • Decoding the stigma around access to quality care

    Alex Visser

    May 04, 2017 |

    The Daily of the University of Washington |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Individuals with disabilities often struggle to find dentists that will see them, even just for routine exams. At the University of Washington Medical Center, dentistry professionals are changing this practice through the implementation of Dental Education in the Care of Persons with Disabilities (DECOD), a clinic that aims to focus on specialized care for disabled persons as well as educate practitioners on best approaches.

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  • Addiction doc says: It's not the drugs. It's the ACEs – adverse childhood experiences.

    Jane Ellen Stevens

    May 02, 2017 |

    ACES Too High |

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    Response Location: United States

    ACEs quantifies the adverse event in an individual's childhood, as a means to treat addiction. Understanding addiction as resulting from past events helps to treat these individuals through medication and developing a plan to help each patient live a sober life without medications while de-shaming and de-blaming them.

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