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  • Mapping for Better Coverage: How GIS Microplanning is Revolutionising Immunisation Campaigns in Kano State

    Misbahu el-Hamza

    February 27, 2023 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Geospatial Information Systems technology (GIS) maps out locations in need of vaccines, as well as how many people are vaccinated in each area. This method has increased vaccination rates for conditions like polio and has also allowed vaccination teams to update their practices instead of continuing to use paper maps.

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  • A ‘climate solution' that spies worry could trigger war

    Michael Birnbaum

    February 27, 2023 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    The solar geoengineering practice of spraying sulfur into the sky with airplanes could shield the earth from the sun’s rays and cool global temperatures similar to a volcanic explosion.

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  • Young caregivers need more support. There's an app for that.

    Julie Mack

    February 23, 2023 |

    Watershed Voice |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The Me-We program is an app-based approach to providing support to young people who have taken on the role of caregiver for their parent or guardian. The program offers group sessions aimed at teaching teens to manage difficult emotions and their mental health, education resources and a private journal. The app is targeted toward teens ages 15 to 17 and is available in several European countries, though there are plans to implement it in the U.S.

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  • Finding forgotten Indigenous landscapes with electromagnetic technology

    Geoff Manaugh

    February 20, 2023 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    The Heartland Earthworks Conservancy finds and works to preserve ancient, Indigenous earthworks in Ohio. They use a device called a magnetometer to find electromagnetic remnants in the soil that reveal buried and disassembled structures like walls, ditches, and mounds.

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  • Smartphones of peace in oil-polluted Nigerian communities

    Ekpali Saint

    February 15, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nonwa, River State

    In Nigeria, the Center for Environment, Human Rights, and Development is improving response time and documentation of oil spills by providing training and smartphones to local volunteers. The locals take photos and capture the coordinates of spills, upload them to a digital monitoring platform, and then send them to a Whatsapp group to ensure immediate action is taken.

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  • This electric vehicle is wiping out air pollution in arenas

    Emily Chung

    February 12, 2023 |

    CBC |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Ice rinks in Canada are swapping ice resurfacers that run on fossil fuels and propane for electric models. The electric resurfacers don’t emit pollutants like nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide, so they improve air quality inside the arena and reduce environment-harming emissions.

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  • An assistive speech software hopes to help thousands of Nigerians with visual impairment

    Vindication Alawode

    February 08, 2023 |

    Minority Africa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    An app called Visis translates text and photos to speech to help Nigerian people with visual impairments to live their lives independently.

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  • Serving Freshness: How Coldhubs is Tackling Food Waste in Nigeria

    Chibuike Alagboso

    February 06, 2023 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    To help prevent food waste, Coldhubs provides solar-powered cold stations in local markets where farmers can store produce and perishable goods until they are ready to sell them. The organization has served more than 5,000 small farmers so far.

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  • The New Generation of Hydropower Dams Let Fish Swim Straight Through

    Eric Krebs

    February 06, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States

    Natel, a hydropower developer, designed a new turbine system with blades that allow fish to pass safely through the turbine vastly reducing the rate of death for fish traveling past hydroelectric dams.

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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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