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Eat Your Vegetables: More States Promote Healthy Diet to Fend Off Illness

Marsha Mercer

September 07, 2018 |

Governing |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Nutrition counseling, food vouchers, and cooking classes have helped patients improve their diets and overall health. With the success of localized “food as medicine” programs, some states have begun integrating the concept into their healthcare systems. California has led the way with a three-year pilot project providing medically tailored meals and nutrition counseling to roughly a thousand people with congestive heart failure.

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New bracelet program to help locate those with dementia who go missing

Mary Plummer

September 06, 2018 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

People with dementia and autism are at risk of wandering away from caretakers and becoming lost. Los Angeles County started a program that uses bracelets which can be tracked from the ground and by helicopter.

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Why Costa Rica Is One Of The Happiest Countries In The World

Lindsay Fendt

September 06, 2018 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica

Costa Rico consistently places on lists of the happiest countries in the world; the levels of satisfaction, along with longevity of the citizens, has been attributed to its consistently high levels of investment in social programs and citizen well-being. Despite their high wealth inequality, all citizens of Costa Rico are promised access to health care as well as a primary and secondary education.

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Meet the Chef Who Wants to Transform NYC School Lunch

Sophie Haigney

September 04, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New London, Connecticut

Led by a prestigious chef, Brigaid radically transformed how school lunches were planned, tasted, and presented in the New London, Connecticut school district. Brigaid is taking the lessons learned in New London to their new project: working with the New York City school district.

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Companies open doors to talent with autism

Lee Cowan

September 02, 2018 |

CBS News |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Companies like Microsoft are intentionally recruiting candidates with autism, creating new interview processes and mentorship programs to help those employees thrive in jobs in programming, cybersecurity, and more. The approach is catching on as more well-known companies are looking for ways to making working more accessible.

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How a Rural Region in the South Cut Its Infant Mortality Rate in Half

Mattie Quinn

September 01, 2018 |

Governing |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Louisiana

To combat high infant mortality rates, rural Louisiana invested money and resources on providing public health nurses, gave Medicaid-eligible pregnant women nurses to assist them through pregnancy and the first year after birth, also began promoting long-acting reversible contraception. In two years, the region halved its infant mortality rate.

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These lessons from rural Africa could help eradicate poverty-related tropical diseases in the U.S. South

Lyndsey Gilpin

August 30, 2018 |

Southerly |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

In the 1980s, throughout African and Asian countries, a tropical disease known as guinea worm was being transmitted through contaminated stagnant water. Thanks to a combination of endeavors that included "education and intervention programs, funding for clean water access, and government-supported public health campaigns," the near eradication of this epidemic is now being used as a model for how to combat other diseases in various parts of the world.

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Aging Into a Better Life

Gaby Galvin

August 30, 2018 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Vermont

Independent senior living programs in Vermont have had such positive results that seven other states are receiving federal grants to expand the pilot program. By tailoring care to each senior, the Support and Services at Home (SASH) program is greatly improving health by taking prevention into account. The group is even reducing costs by integrating housing, health care, and social services.

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3D printing offers new hope for war-wounded

Ben Parker

August 29, 2018 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Jordan, Amman

Tens of thousands of Syrian people have lost limbs in the war, but find conventional prosthetics too heavy and cumbersome to use. 3D printing technology is offering a lightweight alternative that can improve their lives—increasing autonomy and self reliance. Médecins Sans Frontières supports the 3-year pilot program.

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Community health aides: Alaska's unique solution for rural health care

Anne Hillman

August 29, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Alaska

In Alaska, the Community Health Aide Program is helping to connect people in remote, rural parts of the state to medical care. The program, started decades ago in collaboration with the Indian Health Service, local government, and congress, has helped to keep people healthy despite high expectations and turn-over.

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