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  • Acupuncture for pain: Ancient medicine may hold the key to solving the opioid epidemic

    October 31, 2017 |

    WEWS-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    With the growing opioid crisis, patients and doctors are looking for alternative ways to treat pain. Acupuncture is becoming more popular for its relief of migraines and pain.

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  • The Town Where Public Toilets Are Everywhere

    October 31, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany, Bremen

    In cities all around the world, locals as well as tourists struggle to find adequate public restrooms. In Bremen, Germany, a creative partnership is solving the public restroom problem. “The Nice Toilet” initiative allows the local government to pay small businesses a stipend in exchange for putting a sign in their window notifying visitors of their public toilets. The government saves money, businesses make money, and visitors are happier.

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  • The Afghan Madam Helping Sex Workers Take Charge of Their Sexual Health

    October 26, 2017 |

    Broadly |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Afghanistan

    In Afghanistan, Bridge Hope Health Organization has sexual health peer educators in order to help prevent HIV. This NGO has been developed to help educate and prevent HIV in sex workers or other high risk individuals.

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  • Smoke and Mirrors: Inside Malawi's untold health crisis

    October 26, 2017 |

    New Internationalist |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Malawi, Pitala, Nkhata Bay District

    'Unclean' cooking - rudimentary, open-fire cooking practiced by millions of people around the world - is one of the leading causes of respiratory disease and death, especially for women, in developing countries; it is also a serious contributor to deforestation, air pollution, and continued poverty (due to the cost of fuel). But a solution has been gaining momentum in Malawi with help from the UN, in the form of clean, more efficient cookstoves that not only emit less smoke, but use less fuel and reduce the risk of burns to family members.

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  • Can these 'stovers' finally crack the clean cooking problem?

    October 26, 2017 |

    Devex |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

    It's been proven within the cookstove industry that providing free cleaner-energy stoves to those cooking with traditional stoves or over open flame does not work as planned. Inyenyeri, a Rwandan cookstove company however, is adding a twist to that method by giving away their cookstoves that reduce emissions by 98 to 99 percent compared to wood or charcoal stoves for free, as long as the consumer agrees to buying their wood fuel pellets.

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  • Code for Cancer

    October 25, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Launched in September 2017, Cognoma is a database of information regarding the genetic makeup of cancerous tumors developed in collaboration between University of Pennsylvania researchers and Philadelphia’s tech community. Looking for a way to help their community and convinced of the value of the project, people donated their time and coding talents and built the database piece by piece. The database—as well as the programming behind it—are publicly available for researchers to utilize and adapt to other ends.

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  • Hair stylists, barbers tackle St. Louis' STD problem

    October 19, 2017 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis has one of the highest rates of STDs and HIV in the state, but the city's Health Department has implemented a creative method for providing safe sex education and testing. The staff at salons and barber shops - who are trusted community members and serve to provide all manner of relevant information to their patrons - leverage key health resources to those populations that need them most.

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  • How a Three Course Meal Gives Dignity for Those Without a Home

    October 17, 2017 |

    EachOther |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    An organization named FEAST! in London offers a high-quality meal once a week in a homeless shelter using excess food from supermarkets. Not only does this tackle the issue of food waste, but it also aims to fill in the nutritional gaps left in the diets of those who are homeless and provides some dignity in a conversation over a community meal. The program has been running since 2015, and both the volunteers and recipients testify to the impact it has had on their lives.

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  • Brewery helps breathe life into downtown Truth or Consequences

    October 16, 2017 |

    NMPolitics.net |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

    Truth or Consequences is a town facing many growth barriers such as an aging population and low average income. Entrepreneurs are seeing an opportunity to develop businesses in this town which is helping to revolutionize the town and bring more people in.

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  • The Compass, Making it Work: Navigating Kenya's Streets with Technology

    October 15, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Entrepreneurs and startups in Kenya and India are finding success creating products that meet the needs of poorer citizens in those countries. This episode includes a story about a mobile phone app that tackles the difficulty of finding locations in Nairobi using GPS coordinates and a photo, a startup near Bengaluru, India that uses human ATMs to help rural residents access cash via mobile phones, and a Kenyan company building devices that create free public wifi.

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