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  • Brazil's Favelas Aren't Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus

    April 02, 2020 |

    Slate |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Community organizers are stepping in to help disseminate vital public health information to underserved communities. In Brazil, social organizers like the those behind Our Mothers’ Lives, an organization advocating for paid leave for domestic workers during the COVID-19 crisis, and local journalists, who debunk myths via podcasts like Manda Notícias (Send the News), have taken an important role in conveying public health messages to Brazil’s favela communities. These communicators utilize social media, as well as audio messaging campaigns, handouts, and reporting to inform the communities they serve.

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  • Corona: 3-D-Drucker gegen medizinische Engpässe

    April 02, 2020 |

    NDR Info |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Italy, Brescia, Lomardy

    In der italienischen Provinz Brescia hat eine Initiative dazu geführt, dass Teile aus dem 3-D-Drucker in Beatmungsgeräten zum Einsatz kommen, weil medizinisches Equipment knapp wird. Die Druckanleitungen sind Open-Source. Darum haben auch deutsche Unternehmen angekündigt, ihre Drucker dafür einsetzen zu wollen – zunächst müssen aber Copyrights und Patente geprüft werden.

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  • The law of generosity combatting coronavirus in Pakistan

    April 01, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Pakistan, Karachi

    In Pakistan, where many citizens earn a daily wage from street businesses that have now been forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pakistanis are continuing to contribute zakat, "the traditional Muslim charity tax." The contributions – regarded as "one of the most important religious duties for Muslims" – are used to create packages containing basic grocery items and anti-bacterial soap for the daily-wage workers.

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  • 나누고 살리고 보듬고… 공공기관, 아름다운 ‘코로나 상생'

    April 01, 2020 |

    문화일보 |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: South Korea

    공공기관들도 지역사회의 코로나19 위기 극복 행렬에 동참하고 있습니다. 해양환경공단은 화훼소비 촉진을 위한 '플라워 버킷 챌린지'를, 한국수력원자력은 기업은행과 협력해 대출기금을 조성하는 등 상생의 움직임들이 주목받고 있습니다.

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  • Oregon Launches Neighborhood Support For Foster Families Stuck At Home

    April 01, 2020 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Foster families in Oregon are facing unique challenges during the stay at home order of COVID-19, so a new program called My Neighbor aims to alleviate some of their burdens by utilizing their local networks. The Department of Human Services partnered with nonprofit Every Child to create a program that connects Oregonians willing to help out in any way they can to foster families who are looking for support for things like getting groceries or cleaning supplies. They have already received requests from 260 families and foster children and filled 189 of them.

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  • Que font les villes pour protéger les femmes victimes de violences pendant le confinement ?

    April 01, 2020 |

    Médiacités |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: France, Nantes

    Mediacités s’est penché sur le programme Citad’elles, lancé par la ville de Nantes en novembre 2019. Unique en son genre, il s’agit d’un lieu dédié à l’écoute et à l’accompagnement des femmes ayant subi des violences intrafamiliales.

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  • USC community uses 3D printing to combat medical equipment shortage during COVID-19 pandemic

    April 01, 2020 |

    USC Annenberg Media |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Hospitals throughout the United States are facing a shortage of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, but communities are trying to help fill the gap. One solution being piloted at universities such as USC is the use of 3D printers to create 3D-printed masks as back-ups at healthcare facilities.

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  • How Taiwan has become a COVID-19 success story

    April 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Taiwan

    Taiwan was expected to be inundated with COVID-19 cases, but that never happened at least in part due to the swift and aggressive actions enacted by the government. Integral to the approach was enhanced transparency from the government, which included text messages to those who were quarantined, as well as using lessons learned from the SARS outbreak.

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  • Des plates-formes assurent le suivi des malades infectés par le coronavirus à domicile

    April 01, 2020 |

    Le Monde |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: France, Paris

    En France, la plate-forme Covidom, comme l’application Covid AP-HM, permettent un suivi quotidien et automatisé des malades atteints du coronavirus mais ne nécessitant pas d’hospitalisation.

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  • How South Korea Solved Its Face Mask Shortage

    April 01, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: South Korea

    To combat a shortage of protective masks caused by the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, the South Korea government implemented "significant market interventions." The government began purchasing masks from manufacturers, allocating a certain number primarily to pharmacies to distribute, and informed the public that they were to "buy two masks per week on an assigned weekday, depending on their year of birth."

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