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How Indian health-care workers use WhatsApp to save pregnant women

Sanket Jain

February 03, 2023 |

MIT Technology Review |

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Response Location: India, Ganeshwadi Village, Maharashtra

Accredited social health activists (ASHA) travel throughout Indian villages to combat medical misinformation — specifically among pregnant people — and make public healthcare more accessible. ASHAs connects with over 60% of the women in the villages she serves via WhatsApp, sharing educational videos to avoid the harmful effects of misinformation. As a result, ASHAs have had a massive impact on maternal mortality rates. In 2006, the maternal mortality rate was 254 deaths per 100,000 live births, but in 2020 it dropped to 96 per 100,000 births.

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As Climate Money Pours In, Some Urban Freeways May Disappear

Edgar Mendez

February 02, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Park East freeway teardown was completed 20 years ago and opened up 24 acres of prime real estate that has since seen increased property values, more space for pedestrians and recreation and has generated over $1 billion in private investment. The teardown has also resulted in less vehicle emissions in the area and further development and revitalization of the surrounding neighborhoods. Now, other areas in the city are turning to the success of the Park East teardown to inspire more freeway removals.

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Kalamazoo's public health approach to gun violence opens doors to creative solutions, says expert

Mark Wedel

February 02, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

The Blueprint for Peace is a community-driven gun violence prevention plan aimed to reduce gun violence and fatal shootings. The Blueprint works by creating partnerships within the community, from police officers and first responders to individuals and those working in public city offices to become educated on the importance of trauma-informed care.

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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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Mental Health: How Nigerian Students are Getting the Support They Need

Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

January 27, 2023 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara

The Renovaré Mental Health Initiative fills the mental health care gap with peer counseling and trains students on how to provide basic counseling and mental health aid, which increases access to important mental health care services. Since its inception, the initiative has trained over 100 peer counselors. It has also organized various seminars to educate people on the consequences of not treating mental illnesses.

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Prevention on air: An initiative is deploying behavioural change communication to tackle hepatitis

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

January 24, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Jos

The One Liver radio program shares information on hepatitis screening and preventative lifestyle changes and hosts Q&A sessions with medical experts about the condition. The program reaches over 20,000 listeners each week and helps connect listeners with medical outreaches to get screened and vaccinated.

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Pediatricians are giving out free gun locks to approach the gun violence epidemic as a public health crisis

Emma Tucker

January 22, 2023 |

CNN |

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Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

In an effort to encourage gun owners to safely store their firearms and keep them away from children, free gun locks are available with no questions asked at the St. Louis Children’s Hospital in Missouri. The pediatricians are trained to have non-judgemental conversations about safe storage education during a child’s appointment.

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Detroit Zoo leads coalition to connect habitat restoration efforts across the city

Tom Perkins

January 18, 2023 |

Planet Detroit |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Organizations like the Detroit Audubon’s Bird City habitat restoration initiative are planting native flowers, grasses, and trees in vacant, underused lots and parks to restore the habitat for wildlife in the city.

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First year of diversity internship program finds success for students, employers

Laura Otto

January 17, 2023 |

UWM Report |

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Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

The UWM Student Success & Talent Pipeline Initiative is helping to connect students with internships that provide meaningful professional experiences for those about to enter the workforce. One of the initiative’s biggest goals is diversifying the talent pipeline, adding more Black, Indigenous, and other people of color to the workforce throughout the state, hoping to reduce the number of graduates who move out of state for work.

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A Florida School Received a Threat. Did a Red Flag Law Prevent a Shooting?

Sheryl Gay Stolberg

January 16, 2023 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Amidst gun violence and mass shootings, 19 states and D.C. have enacted red flag laws, or extreme risk protection orders, that allow law enforcement to mitigate threats of gun violence by removing guns from a person’s possession. Studies in states that have adopted red flag laws, specifically Connecticut and Indiana, have found that for every 10 to 20 people who had guns taken away, one life was saved.

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