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Where Sex Education Fails, Technology Can Help

Sydney Worth

February 05, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

A smartphone app connects users with sex experts who are qualified to answer questions about healthy sex and relationships. Juicebox aims to fill gaps in the heteronormative sex education offered in U.S. schools and serves as a substitute for students who receive no sex education or who are only exposed to abstinence-only lessons.

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Staying Connected: Moms Who Pump in Prison

Malcolm Burnley

February 04, 2019 |

Next City |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Riverside Correction Facility in Philadelphia has implemented a program that allows incarcerated new mothers the opportunity to both learn about the benefits of maintaining breast milk supply, and also provide it for their newborns. The lactation program not only carries significant health benefits for the infant and mother, but also encourages crucial bonding between the two.

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The streets weren't safe for drug users. So these countries created spaces for them.

Taylor Knopf

February 04, 2019 |

North Carolina Health News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

Despite hesitance and not complete buy-in, European countries are seeing signs of success from implementing drug consumption rooms. While the United States has been hesitant to adopt this tactic as a solution for fear of normalization of drug use, countries with these facilities are reporting less “injection-related litter in public spaces,” increased public awareness, less stigma, and fewer overdoses.

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Tackling the challenge of child malnutrition in simple ways: Kaduna State's approach

Bashar Abubakar

February 04, 2019 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

Food demonstrations and education campaigns enroll mothers in the fight against malnutrition and stunting among children. With 30% of children in Nigeria suffering from the effects of malnutrition, according to a 2018 UNICEF study, the state of Kaduna has implemented an emergency campaign. The Emergency Nutrition Action Plan includes home visits as well as proper nutritional and hygiene demonstrations at local medical centers.

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“Reverse Innovation” Could Save Lives. Why Aren't We Embracing It?

Tom Vanderbilt

February 04, 2019 |

The New Yorker |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

DIY solutions can overcome the scarcity of medical resources in developing countries and save lives. A simple solution such as replacing expensive uterine balloons with more readily accessible condoms has already helped to give thousands of mothers access to a potentially life-saving medical procedure preventing postpartum hemorrhage. The transfer of this and other proven DIY solutions can help cut health-care costs in more affluent countries with low-cost innovations.

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This little robot helps care for people with chronic conditions

Adele Peters

February 01, 2019 |

FastCompany |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Patients suffering from chronic illnesses can often be overwhelmed with their care routines and doctors typically only have limited time to monitor them. A small robot is changing this narrative, however, by providing personalized health monitoring.

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Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness Through Music

Michele C. Hollow

January 29, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

Engaging with music stimulates brain activity and improves mental health. The Me2/Orchestra, a nonprofit organization, offers its volunteer musicians a stigma-free environment to reconnect with their passions and harness the healing power of music. In addition to empowering musicians who have encountered challenges due to mental illness, the Me2/Orchestra encourages community engagement to dispel misperceptions about mental illness.

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Switzerland fights heroin with heroin

Taylor Knopf

January 28, 2019 |

North Carolina Health News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Switzerland

Drug-assisted treatment has reduced rates of new substance abuse cases and HIV infections in Switzerland. With the implementation of an innovative drug policy program in 1994, Swiss doctors began to treat those suffering with chronic substance abuse with heroin-assisted treatment (HAT). The program benefitted from positive results in early trials and has encouraged the implementation of similar programs in other countries.

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With Paid Leave, Gates Foundation Says There Can Be Too Much of a Good Thing

Claire Cain Miller

January 25, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In the United States, parental leave is set at 12 weeks, but many companies have begun pursuing other possibilities such as paid time and more time for both mothers and fathers. Most recently, however, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has decreased their parental leave from one year to six months while adding in a financial stipend based of what they've learned from past failures.

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Anti-vaxxers are back. Behavioural science could beat them

Edward Siddons

January 24, 2019 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Pakistan

As a hesitance to vaccinate becomes a more prominent concern worldwide, Pakistan is experimenting with behavioral science to combat anti-vaccination mindsets. From holding conversations with healthcare workers to changing the times that clinics are open, the country has seen a significant decrease in those that refuse to be vaccinated.

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