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  • A Cure for High Health Care Costs

    March 01, 2017 |

    Washington Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States

    While American medicine tops the charts for "acute care," it's notably sub-par when it comes to treating chronic conditions and focusing on prevention. This piece introduces a series on how the U.S. healthcare system's structure results in high expenses and inefficient treatments, and what various programs around the nation are doing to improve quality of care at lower costs.

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  • Volunteers With No Medical Training Are Fighting Diseases The World Ignores

    February 24, 2017 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Mozambique

    In Nampula, Mozambique, people living in remote, rural communities do not seek medical attention when they get sick because of myths that diseases are caused by spirits. So a non-profit, Malaria Consortium, is training ordinary people, to teach others about the cause and treatments of common illnesses thus motivating the villagers to seek care at health facilities.

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  • Kenya's booming digital sharing economy?

    January 05, 2017 |

    African Business Magazine |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Though the big players in the sharing economy like Uber and Airbnb are eyeing growing middle class markets like that of Kenya, the concept of shared access to goods and services is nothing new for Kenyan communities. Whereas in the West, the shared economy structure arose largely from a desire for flexibility, in Kenya, much of it arose from need. Now platforms like Lynk and Little Cabs are helping connect Kenyan customers to a broad range of service providers.

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  • Memphis Looks to Medical Manufacturing to Cut Poverty

    December 02, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    A just-announced $6 million federal grant will help end poverty in Memphis, Tennessee.

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  • JPS Students Avoid Conflict with Peer Mediation

    November 30, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Whitten Preparatory, a mostly black middle school, is one of four schools in Jackson that are trying to combat disciplinary issues and keep violence low by using peer mediation - training students to be mediators so they can help their classmates come to a peaceful resolution to their issues.

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  • Hard time software: Why these prisoners learn computer coding

    November 28, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, San Quentin, California

    The USA has one of the highest rates of incarceration, and reoffending is a likely outcome after prison. 'The Last Mile' and similar programs are providing inmates with the opportunity to learn marketable skills and earn degrees while in prison, and then find jobs once their sentence is finished, in order to decrease the likelihood of reoffending.

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  • This man has found a wonderful way to help people through their darkest times. It starts with tea.

    October 12, 2016 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: England, Blackpool

    The key to ending social issues such as depression and homelessness may lie in prevention rather than reaction, and some non-traditional methods outside of the professional or government sphere are leading the way. Camerados is an organization in England that facilitates spaces where people can connect face-to-face. By empowering individuals to serve one another using their unique strengths or skills, they find a sense of purpose and community that helps avert crisis.

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  • In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty

    October 04, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Kakhin Bimile, Dhaka Division

    Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Idcol), a government-backed Bangladeshi energy and infrastructure group, is helping bring solar power to homes in rural Bangladesh that once relied on dangerous kerosene or expensive diesel for electricity. The keys to Idcol’s expansion are financing plans that cater to lower-income people, as well as partnerships with 56 grass-roots organizations like the microfinance institution Grameen. Solar energy is reliable, clean, and more cost effective in the long run, and has become a lifeline for low-income Bangladeshis living beyond access of the main grid.

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  • How the Chicanas of Eastside Mujeres Network Are Fighting to End Violence Against Women

    September 21, 2016 |

    LA Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The recent revival of feminism, in tandem with increased awareness about violence and sexual abuse, and combined with the power of social media to organize activist groups, is helping various advocacy groups address the serious issues faced by women and minorities, specifically Latina women, in the Los Angeles area. Organizations from anti-gentrification cycling groups to rape crisis hotline dispatchers are combining resources to combat violence against women, provide more comprehensive legal and human services, help victims get a new start, and change the culture of abuse for good.

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  • Earthbags Are Harnessing Soil to House the Nepalese

    September 20, 2016 |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    In an effort to rebuild after Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake, Earthbags have become a growing method of sustainable, affordable construction. These bags are carefully filled with soil, and stacked on one another to build structures like homes and schools. Across the country, officials, local residents, and non-profits like Good Earth Nepal have embraced the method in a grassroots push to rebuild the country for and by themselves.

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