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Health

 

Innovations in health care policies and programs

 
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Realigning Health with Care

The misalignment between the expansive goal of “health” and a cramped
definition of “care” has cost the United States untold lives and treasure. Yet
realignment is in reach.

 
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A Lifeline for Mothers

Merck for Mothers—a 10-year, $500 million initiative—aims to improve the odds for vulnerable women around the globe.

 

Virtual Models for Real Issues

Agent-based modeling—a form of computer visualization—is being used to analyze a range of public health issues.

 
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Leveraging Research for China

The Rural Education Action Project uses its studies about China’s poorest places to influence government policy.

 
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The End of Polio in India

An immense cross-sector partnership is responsible for the immunization success story.

 
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What’s Sex Got to Do with It?

An inconvenient truth is hiding behind the current excitement about educating girls.

 
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Safer Deliveries

The Manoshi Project in Bangladesh is proving that 90 percent of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable.

By Tamara Straus | Summer 2012
 
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Focused Cardiac Care

What happens when hospitals specialize?

By Corinna Wu | Summer 2012
 
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Better Health Care, Higher Productivity

By providing factory workers with health care training, HERproject reduces absenteeism and turnover at some of the world’s biggest clothing brands.

 

A Healthier City

San Francisco’s five-year-old universal health care program sees positive results.

By Meredith May | Winter 2012