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The Race for a Zika Vaccine

Siddhartha Mukherjee

August 22, 2016 |

The New Yorker |

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Response Location: United States

In the past two years, Zika virus has arisen as one of the most pressing public health concerns. This piece charts the worldwide efforts by doctors using new technology to develop a vaccine for Zika.

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Colorado's rural area leaders contemplating controversial needle exchange program

Matt Hildner

August 06, 2016 |

The Pueblo Chieftain |

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Response Location: United States, Alamosa, Colorado

Officials in the San Luis Valley are testing the use of a needle-exchange program as a risk prevention measure for users of heroin and other injected drugs, providing addicts with access to a broader menu of services.

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In Kenya, HIV-Positive Prisoners Combat Stigma, Trauma With Support Groups' Help

Lydia Matata

July 13, 2016 |

Global Press Journal |

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Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Among the challenges for HIV-positive inmates are lack of food that meets their dietary needs and susceptibility to tuberculosis. The support groups, part of an HIV prevention and care program active in all the nation’s prisons, mitigate those challenges and create awareness about HIV prevention and care.

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HIV-prevention pill: The deeply personal journey of a male sex worker in Kenya

Kiundu Waweru

June 20, 2016 |

Bhekisisa |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

For sex workers or other vulnerable populations, they are at a high risk to be exposed to HIV. Truvada is an HIV prevention pill that is currently being tested and could help protect individuals from this disease.

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Lesotho Taps Taxi Drivers to Fight HIV With Male Circumcision

Lucy Westcott

June 06, 2016 |

Newsweek |

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Response Location: Lesotho, Maseru

Jhpiego, a US nonprofit, trains and funds local taxi drivers in Lesotho to educate their passengers about male circumcision which can be instrumental in preventing HIV.

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A Tale of Two Cities

Benjamin Ryan

May 16, 2016 |

POZ Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Two of America’s largest cities, New York City and San Francisco, are working to reduce HIV rates by bringing better health care options closer to the communities and connecting individuals with resources such as insurance and payment methods. Although the two cities are using different approaches, both are seeing early success in fighting against the epidemic.

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Ideas Help No One on a Shelf. Take Them to the World.

Tina Rosenberg

February 29, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya, Kisumu

Distributing, promoting and lending continuing support to good ideas for fixing the world’s woes is as critical a task as thinking them up in the first place.

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It Takes A Village to Not Marry A Girl

Didem Tali

February 25, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: Malawi

Some communities in Malawi are beginning to fight child marriage their own way—with music, dance, and a few tears, using theater to motivate cultural change.

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It Took 20 Years For The Government To Pay For An Obvious Way To Prevent HIV

Anna Maria Barry-Jester

January 08, 2016 |

FiveThirtyEight |

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Response Location: United States, Tacoma, Washington

After years of seeing evidence that needle exchange programs helped prevent the spread of HIV, Congress finally lifted its ban on federal funding for groups that provide the service.

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How to Stop Crypto, a Deadly Disease so Neglected It's Missed on the 'Neglected' List

Patrick Adams

January 04, 2016 |

Newsweek |

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Response Location: United States, Norman, Oklahoma

Though it claims as many as 300,000 lives every year, meningitis is not widely regarded as a major health problem by many health organizations in comparison to more familiar diseases like tuberculosis. One family-run company in Oklahoma is working to tackle the disease by developing simpler tools like the Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay, or CrAg LFA, to diagnose fungal infections. Faster and more accurate than previous methods, and significantly less expensive, the test allows for earlier diagnosis and treatment.

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