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  • Could the highly political redistricting process be more independent? San Antonio may find out

    April 17, 2022 |

    San Antonio Express-News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    San Diego’s independent redistricting commission has aimed to take politics out of drawing district maps since 1992 by preventing City Council from drawing or approving its own map. Instead, nine commissioners from over 100 applicants were chosen based on background and qualifications by three randomly selected retired judges. The member selection process, rules for transparency, open public engagement and no tolerance for conflicts of interest are keys to its success. There is more equitable infrastructure investment and greater voter turnout now, which are two positive signs of reduced gerrymandering.

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  • Nigerian Medical Students' Association: Active Citizenship for Health Improving Malaria Prevention and Treatment Awareness

    April 11, 2022 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Different chapters of the Nigerian Medical Students’ Association came together to form the National Malaria Elimination and Sensitisation Project or NMESP in 2021 wherein 433 of their members volunteered to carry out outreach work. They collaborated with local churches, youth groups, and the local health centers to reach the community. In 46 days, they had spread malaria awareness in about 38 communities and tested 523 people with Rapid Diagnostic Test kits. They also prescribed medications, and distributed free repellents and insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

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  • Can We Build Less Biased Medical Bots?

    April 11, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Melalogic is an app that provides skin health resources to people with dark skin. The uses crowdsourced imaging data to confront racial bias in diagnostic artificial intelligence. Users can access the Black Skin Resource Center with information on 14 issues that affect people with darker skin. The app also shares health posters that physicians use to share information with their patients and videos with dermatologic tips. In the works is Melalogic 2.0, an immersive telehealth experience.

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  • Grown-to-Order Veggies

    April 11, 2022 |

    Inside Turkey |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Sivas

    Farmobile allows people to pick seasonal produce and have it grown for them on leased land and receive shipments of the crop once it starts producing. Farmobile makes safe, healthy, freshly grown produce more accessible to those without a means to farm.

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  • How end-to-end mentorship, local scholarships helped young Nigerians get fully-funded scholarships abroad

    April 09, 2022 |

    Nigerian Tribune |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The i-Scholar Initiative grants scholarships to students pursuing graduate school for standardized tests and application fees and provides them with a mentor for support throughout the process of applying to colleges.

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  • California Mandated Composting. How Will It Work In LA And What Are We All Expected To Do?

    April 06, 2022 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, open-air composting facilities like Recology take food scraps and yard trimmings from the public to be composted into usable soil. The process produces less methane than sending the waste to the landfill.

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  • How This Nigerian Book Club is Spreading Joy through Literature

    April 06, 2022 |

    OkayAfrica |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

    Book O'clock is a book club aimed at increasing the appreciation of African writers in Nigeria. Most public schools don’t teach literature, so young people do not read novels, which is a good way to learn about history and culture. The book club is live on WhatsApp and runs an online store where members can access copies of the books. Book club members also visit secondary schools in the area where they inspire a passion for reading among young people.

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  • What Will the Rise of Giant Indoor Farms Mean for Appalachian Kentucky?

    April 06, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    AppHarvest, a Kentucky-based indoor farming company, is providing jobs and agricultural training in an area that lacks employment opportunities.

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  • Shifting Gender Roles — and Reducing Deforestation

    April 05, 2022 |

    Global Press Journal |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls

    Hundreds of biogas digesters have been installed in rural households as renewable energy alternatives to burning wood and coal. The devices reduce deforestation and have even shifted gender roles as both men and women report easily cooking with the devices just outside their homes. The device connects from just outside the home, via a pipe through a kitchen window, to the household’s stove and is powered by breaking down organic matter, like agricultural and municipal waste.

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  • The world's most polluted capital city

    April 05, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    To address the issue of heavy outdoor pollution and related deaths and illnesses, Delhi-based Indian Agricultural Research Institute has formulated an "organic microbial spray" called the Pusa decomposer. It serves as an alternative to crop residue burning, one of the main sources of pollution. One of 12 companies licensed to use this technology, nurture.farm, has been working with farmers in neighboring Haryana to provide training as well as to make both access and use of the spray easier for them.

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