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  • 3D-printed pills will provide the solution to one of medicine's biggest issues

    February 22, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Liverpool, England

    In the UK, 3D-printed tablets are being tested at a children's hospital to specifically address the difficultly many children face when they need to take pills that are either too high of a dosage or too big too swallow. Although still in early stages of research trials, the hospital is making strides in tackling barriers by using the children's feedback on size, shape, and even flavor of the printed pills.

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  • Creative Cures for Hospital Days

    February 18, 2019 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Liberia, Guanacaste

    At Enrique Baltodano Hospital healthcare providers are working on improving patient experiences by implementing patient-centered care. From making surgery preparations more enjoyable for children to offering an array of services to expectant mothers, the doctors and nurses are aiming to reduce anxiety while making the patient's hospital stay more memorable.

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  • Can people be saved from a terrible childhood?

    November 07, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States

    As more research has found links between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and negative health outcomes, a growing number of organizations and sectors are incorporating trauma-informed screening and training into their work. Police officers, primary care pediatricians, parents, and school counselors are moving away from the question "what's wrong with you?" to ask "what happened to you?"

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  • Neighbors create a solution for families who need diapers in Washington Heights and beyond

    October 25, 2018 |

    Second Wave Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Battle Creek, Michigan

    A neighborhood dentist asked his underserved community what he could do to improve their lives. The answer? Diapers. Now, his Battle Creek, MI organization delivers diapers to families in need around county, regardless of recipients' economic or social status.

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  • Alternative toilet facilities in schools attract more children in Kibera

    October 02, 2018 |

    Talk Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kibera, Nairobi

    In a slum in Kiberia, Kenya, a new invention called Peepoople Kenya (or Peepoo for short) is addressing a mounting sanitation issue from open defecation and lack of clean facilities. The solution is a single-use, biodegradable toilet (via a bag that spreads across a small pot) in new and maintained facilities. Teachers and pupils testify to the cleanliness and usability of the toilets and have even found unexpected benefits as well, like the facilities in a safer location and less time lost from lessons by waiting in line for a latrine.

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  • Pediatric Partners Screens For Risk, Teaches Resiliency

    October 02, 2018 |

    Durango Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Integrating behavioral health care with primary pediatric care helps address chronic, long-term issues. Using grant funding, Pediatric Partners of the Southwest improved its approach to health care. The introduction of screenings for social determinants of health allows pediatricians to direct families to the proper resources.

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  • Nutrition agents increase demand for CMAM services in Borno

    September 25, 2018 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri, Borno State

    Being in a conflict zone, primary healthcare in the state of Borno in Nigeria has suffered in recent years. In response to the crisis, Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) centers provide Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to treat children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The centers also work in tandem with Community Nutrition Mobilizers (CNMs) to follow up with mothers to ensure that the children are taking the medicine, to educate them on malnutrition in children, and to offer other primary care provisions like immunizations.

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  • The man who is fervent about feeding hungry kids, but hates food banks

    August 15, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: England, Liverpool, Merseyside

    A social enterprise in England is tackling the issue of so-called holiday hunger for children who go days without full meals during breaks from school. Named Can Cook, this organization makes over 37,000 meals around the county of Merseyside alone for the 13 weeks a year that school is out. Can Cook is also part of a broader movement to make food banks— a once ad-hoc solution that is now industrialized — obsolete.

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  • The Surprisingly Simple Way To Save Babies' Lives

    May 11, 2018 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Premature babies have an 80 percent greater chance of neonatal mortality if they don't get breast milk. Brazil has a donation-based milk bank system that's saving money and lives. There are 230 milk banks in the country, dramatically expanding access. Between money-saving innovation and smart national policy, the country dramatically increased positive health outcomes and is now an international model.

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  • Telemedicine transforms healthcare in Dadaab

    April 15, 2018 |

    Mediamax Network |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Gertrude Children's Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya has a new telemedicine program that allows pediatric specialists to consult on cases in rural areas of Kenya. Specialists can hold consults with patients via webcam to help clinics that don't have access to pediatricians offer a higher standard of care to patients without having them travel prohibitively long distances to larger hospitals.

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