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  • Taiwan has millions of visitors from China and only 45 coronavirus cases. Here's how.

    March 10, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Situated less than 90 miles from China, the coronavirus outbreak could have been critical in Taiwan, but the country's proactive measures helped to stave off the worst of the disease. Having learned from SARS epidemic, Taiwan had prepared for future situations by creating a comprehensive command center and implementing a transparent communication strategy both of which have helped slow the spread of Covid-19.

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  • A Disease Tracker Backed by Gates and Zuckerberg Tackles Covid-19 in Cambodia

    March 10, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Identifying the metagenomic sequencing for new outbreaks of viruses can help to better assess how the virus is spreading, which in turn helps health officials figure out how to slow down the contagion. In the midst of a coronavirus outbreak, a tool that was first used to during the SARS outbreak is now being used to track Covid-19 in under-resourced places such as Cambodia.

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  • Arizona behavioral health unit unveils murals to help mental health

    March 10, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Flagstaff, Arizona

    Flagstaff Medical Center has incorporated the arts into their behavioral health unit, where they treat people with depression, anxiety, and other issues—they hired local artists to paint murals on the walls. Staff at the center say that the art has had a positive effect on the patients and allows them to reflect on where they came from.

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  • Inside a Seattle-area hospital on the front lines of the nation's first major coronavirus outbreak

    March 10, 2020 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Kirkland, Washington

    It was a "longshot" that resulted in doctors at a Seattle-area hospital diagnosing the first cases of coronavirus, but how they responded may serve as a model to other hospitals attempting to contain the spread further. From staff trained on incident management and a drive-through testing site that serve the health-care workers to a dedicated floor for treating the patients who have tested positive, the hospital has been able to successfully stop any internal spreading.

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  • A Second Life for Flowers

    March 10, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Horticultural therapy – a mix of art therapy, wellness activity, and a way to reuse viable flowers – is gaining popularity amongst hospitals and nursing homes due to its nature-centric therapeutic benefits. Although medical research is limited, some studies have shown that it can have a positive impact on one's mood and participants have expressed sentiments such as, "It relaxes me. Just holding the flowers takes me away from my situation."

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  • How Chinese Companies Have Responded to Coronavirus

    March 10, 2020 |

    Harvard Business Review |

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    Response Location: China

    The coronavirus outbreak has had a detrimental impact on economies due to business and industry closures but some Chinese enterprises have implemented strategies to help recover faster. From early on-set crisis teams that drove uniform change throughout chain businesses to redeploying employees to other stores and encouraging an online presence, some businesses throughout the region have already reported positive gains overall.

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  • What Taiwan can teach the world on fighting the coronavirus

    March 10, 2020 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    After learning valuable lessons from the 2003 SARS outbreak, Taiwan has managed to keep its coronavirus cases to a minimum, far below neighboring China and other countries around the world. To accomplish this, the government remained alert and proactive, established a centralized command center, took quick and decisive action, and leveraged technology to track cases.

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  • What the U.S. Can Learn From Taiwan's Response to Coronavirus

    March 10, 2020 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    After being caught off-guard during the 2003 SARS epidemic, Taiwan developed a public health infrastructure to help prepare them for another. With the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, their number of cases have stayed low because of heightened surveillance for those who travel, the linking of insurance and immigration databases, combating misinformation through an educational campaign, and early plans for child care, businesses, and schools.

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  • Restoring Food Sovereignty on the Spirit Lake Reservation

    March 10, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, The Spirit Lake Reservation, North Dakota

    Native American communities combat pervasive food insecurity with novel approaches to their Food Distribution Program which is a part of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The Spirit Lake Reservation has applied this FDP to a grocery store as part of a triple-pronged approach that seeks to give recipients more agency over their food system through physical grocery stores, gardening programs, and cooking lessons using cultural ingredients.

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  • In Baltimore, parents owe hundreds of millions in child support. Here's how other states have made changes for the better.

    March 09, 2020 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Maryland's punitive child-support policies, which have piled $233 million in largely uncollectable debt on the state's poorest residents and destabilized families and neighborhoods, could be improved by adopting reforms other states have used to increase payment compliance. In Colorado, for example, more support payments have meant healthier families and communities, after the state stopped offsetting welfare payments by whatever child support had been paid. Other states have stopped revoking driver's licenses and work permits as a non-payment penalty, in order to make steady employment more attainable.

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