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  • Mozambique's life-saving surgeons aren't doctors at all

    Bridget Huber

    April 27, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Mozambique, Chokwe

    Mozambique has a shortage of practicing surgeons, so medical technicians are being trained to fill their roles in various situations, especially in rural locations. Although there are challenges to using this tactic, the technicians-turned-surgeons have similar complication rates as those who are practicing surgeons.

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  • Health & Medicine An American surgeon pioneers surgery for kids in Uganda that helps kids in the US

    Bridget Huber

    April 27, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Uganda

    The typical surgery for hydrocephalus, a brain swelling disease, often leads to infection. Medical constraints in Uganda inspired a neurosurgeon to create a safer and more effective surgery which is now used in Uganda and the U.S.

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  • Revealing a Health Care Secret: The Price

    Tina Rosenberg

    July 31, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    An Oklahoma surgery center made news by posting its prices online – a revolutionary idea in an industry where consumers normally are buying blind. This is a big reason health care costs so much, but recent months have seen great advances in transparency.

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  • Facebook Raises The Status Of Organ Donation, Study Shows

    Ankita Rao

    June 18, 2013 |

    Kaiser Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Medical professionals say that there is a shortage of organs available for patients awaiting transplants. The first step towards the solution involves increasing awareness of organ donation as a viable and compassionate option. In 2012, the social media platform Facebook collaborated with surgeons to create the Organ Donor option—and, one year later, the number of organ donors increased five times.

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  • Inside India's 'No-Frills' Hospitals, Where Heart Surgery Costs Just $800

    Adam Plowright

    April 21, 2013 |

    Business Insider |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru

    A hundred years after the first heart surgery, less than 10 percent of the world's population can afford it. By using pre-fabricated buildings, stripping out air-conditioning and even training visitors to help with post-operative care, the Narayana Hrudayalaya projects in India, can do “no-frills” heart surgery for $800.

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  • Repairing the Surgery Deficit

    Sarika Bansal

    August 08, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Zambia

    In Zambia, the need for surgery is just as common as in the United States - doctors, however, are rare. So Zambia is training clinical officers – with no medical degrees – to do C-sections and hernia repairs.

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