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  • The World's Best Healthcare Systems: Ezekiel Emanuel

    June 26, 2020 |

    How Do We Fix It? |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    As evidenced in COVID-19 case comparisons, the U.S. health-care system has not performed as well as other countries to offer health-care access, yet is still "spends far more money on healthcare than any other nation." Other countries, such as Switzerland and Taiwan, offer guidance on how to learn from the system's failures, especially as it relates to emergency preparedness and price regulations.

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  • How to Defund the Police

    June 26, 2020 |

    The New Yorker |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    On the front lines of the defund-police movement, groups like Elite Learners and Save Our Streets Bed-Stuy mediate conflicts in ways that have lowered violence without the involvement of police, thus reducing arrests and incarceration at the same time. CMS workers often use the Cure Violence approach of "violence interruption," a form of outreach by community members to offer needed social services while preventing violence. The city, which credits these programs with a 15% decline in shootings in 17 precincts in a three-year span, is expanding the budget for this to nearly $50 million per year.

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  • NC Entertainment Venues Look To Asia As They Plot How To Reopen

    June 26, 2020 |

    WFAE |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Korea

    Some North Carolina entertainment venues are looking to South Korea and Taiwan, where theaters and sports venues have remained open during the coronavirus pandemic. The venues have prevented the spread of COVID-19 by using clear protocols and procedures like requiring temperatures and detailed health information upon entry, as well as mask wearing and good hygiene while in the venue. Ushers closely monitor the audience and enforce compliance. Venue and health officials were also transparent when a COVID-19 case did occur, quickly notifying everyone potentially exposed so they can isolate and minimize spread.

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  • SafeBoda: From ferrying passengers to delivering ARVs and Condoms

    June 25, 2020 |

    New Vision |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    In parts of Uganda, ride-sharing has been transformed into a medical delivery service to ensure that those who are unable to travel to their doctor for antiretroviral refills have access to the medications they need to stay healthy. Although the program is limited in terms of the areas it can serve due to cost, doctors in the region hope to continue and expand the program after seeing such success since implementation.

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  • Philanthropies tailor giving strategies to meet pandemic needs

    June 25, 2020 |

    Cleveland Jewish News |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    Ohio philanthropies shifted to a rapid-response model of providing support for the coronavirus. A coalition of 81 philanthropies in Northeast Ohio quickly raised over $8.7 million from more than 2,200 donors and allocated over $6.6 million in grants to 120 recipients. The grants cover Covid19-related needs like PPE, food distribution, and housing. The Tri-C Foundation provided emergency funds to 560 Cuyahoga Community College students, compared to 125 students all of last year. Philanthropy support is small compared to what the government can do, so there should ideally be more public-private partnerships.

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  • Nuhu Bammali Maternity: Sustaining immunisation gains in Kano despite COVID-19

    June 25, 2020 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    When COVID-19 cases began spreading in Kano, the local maternity hospital saw a decrease in patients coming for their appointments, so the hospital adapted and started seeing the women in their own homes. Using their already-established "network of Volunteer Community Mobilisers," the house visits were intended to inform the women about the new safety protocols in place in the facilities and encourage them to have their children receive their standard immunizations. The effort not only resulted in more children being immunized, but also improved the women's confidence of the facilities.

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  • Kindred care: Congolese refugee community takes care of its own, and others, during COVID-19

    June 25, 2020 |

    FreshWater Cleveland |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Congolese refugees in Cleveland, Ohio have created a security net for the most vulnerable amongst them with the formation of Congolese Community of Greater Cleveland. Prior to the pandemic, CCGC helped Congolese refugees form a general sense of community but now it provides vital translation services for health updates and helps navigate the unemployment application process in addition to cash assistance. Current government initiatives are often inaccessible for those who don't have internet access, lack computer literacy, or don't have a car to access drive-through food banks. CCGC members step in to help.

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  • How Facebook is using AI to boost blood donation

    June 25, 2020 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Kenya

    A partnership between Facebook and the Ministry of Health in Kenya has helped connect blood banks with blood donors. The process uses artificial intelligence and geo-location data to notify Facebook users who have signed up as blood donors when blood banks in their area are in need of donations.

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  • San Quentin's Breakthrough Prison Newsroom

    June 25, 2020 |

    Politico |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Quentin, California

    San Quentin Prison's media created by the men incarcerated there have gone beyond rehabilitation of individuals to a broader mission of promoting criminal justice policy reform by reframing the narrative about those who have committed crimes and the system's inequities. Through San Quentin News, the podcast Ear Hustle, and a series of dialogues between incarcerated men and criminal justice officials, their stories have shed new light on prison life and those held in prison, and formed a cadre of journalists who gained experience behind bars and have become prominent advocates on the outside.

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  • Ag Sees Some Opportunity in Loss and Chaos With Montana Beef Market

    June 25, 2020 |

    Yellowstone Public Radio |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Billings, Montana

    As the traditional food supply chain is upended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local food systems in Montana are connecting farmers and ranchers with buyers. The Yellowstone Valley Food Hub, a cooperative that started before the novel coronavirus hit the state, has seen a boom in business since meat plants shuttered. While products at the co-op can be more expensive than ones at the supermarket, the hub has allowed producers to get their meat and produce to customers more directly.

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