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Cuba's Focus on Preventive Medicine Pays Off

Sam Loewenberg

January 23, 2016 |

International Reporting Project |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Cuba

Cuba’s emphasis on public health, primary care, and training thousands of medical professionals has resulted in health successes and lessons for other countries.

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In India, Dispensers of Balm Travel to Death's Door

Ankita Rao

January 12, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: India, Kerala

The palliative care system in Kerala, India, has been singled out as a beacon of hope in offering the possibility of a dignified death to everyone by safely providing morphine.

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The Formal World Economy Was Failing Women and Small Farmers. So This Guy Built a New One.

Gila Lyons

December 08, 2015 |

GOOD Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Colombia, Cartagena

The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership develops enterprises that foster sustainable economic development, focusing especially on empowering farmers and women.

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Are These Women the Key to Safer Abortions in India?

Jill Filipovic

November 17, 2015 |

Cosmopolitan |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Pune, Maharashtra

In rural areas in India, lack of physicians is a big barrier to safe abortions, leading women to undergo deadly procedures. A proposed law by the Indian government would allow midwives and mid-level providers to perform abortions.

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Smart African Politics: Candidates Debating Under a Tree

Tina Rosenberg

November 10, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sierra Leone

Voters tend to know a lot about presidential and local candidates but little about those in between. In Sierra Leone, an organization hosted, filmed, and then projected the debates in villages, increasing voters’ knowledge of the candidates and issues, and changing the way people voted.

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Straight talk about sex in the Canadian Arctic

David Leveille

October 29, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Rates of teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, and domestic violence are disproportionately higher among indigenous women, and girls in rural villages in the Canadian north are at particular risk. FOXY, a traveling organization dedicated to bringing sexual education and health to these hard-to-reach communities, provides an innovative and inclusive approach to teaching youth about sexual and relationship health.

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A Family Matter: Saving Papua New Guinea's mothers

Alex Finn

October 25, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV News |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Papua New Guinea

A doctor in Papua New Guinea finds that involving men in family planning is the key to reducing maternal mortality.

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Feature: Giving blind people sight illuminates the brain's secrets

Rhitu Chatterjee

October 22, 2015 |

Science Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, New Delhi

Defying expectations, cataract surgery in Indian children is endowing them with vision—and shedding light on how the brain learns to see.

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More Schools Serving Locally Grown Food, USDA Says

Emily Richmond

October 20, 2015 |

Education Writers Association |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Students in public schools are eating healthier cafeteria meals made from an increasing array of locally sourced food, according to new federal data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nearly $600 million in locally produced food was purchased by schools in the 2013-14 academic year, a 55 percent increase over 2011-12. However, new studies on school nutrition have yielded mixed results about the impact of new federal regulations.

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New sanitation system tested in Arctic village of Kivalina

Scott Jensen

September 07, 2015 |

Anchorage Daily News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Kivalina, Alaska

Lack of access to sanitary bathrooms in the village of Kivalina, Alaska led to the implementation of a novel, home-based water sanitation system, currently being tested for effectiveness. The hope is that it proves to be a solution for areas all over the state with lack of access to clean water systems.

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