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As synthetic microfibers infiltrate food, water and air, how can we prevent future release?

Mary Catherine O'Connor

July 16, 2018 |

Ensia |

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Response Location: United States

Plastic is no longer just infiltrating the ecosystem and polluting rivers and oceans, but is now known to be finding its way into food and air via clothes. While the danger of these microfibers is yet to be determined, the need to reduce the presence of the pollution is crucial to help the environment. Various studies are finding that new materials such as biodegradable fabrics may be a solution.

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Now in Sight: Success Against an Infection That Blinds

Donald G. McNeil Jr.

July 16, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Nepal, Geta

To combat trachoma in Nepal, the W.H.O. has partnered with pharmaceutical companies to provide access to services. In addition to drug donations and affordable services, W.H.O. is building trust by empowering local healers with education that lets them make referrals and providing incentives for latrine use in rural villages.

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Traditional Birth Attendants: Friend or foe?

Chibuike Alagboso

July 16, 2018 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

Throughout rural parts of Nigeria, health care services are often out of reach, putting pregnant women at risk of undergoing an unsafe childbirth experience. Although not without limitations, training women in these areas to act as Traditional Birth Attendants helps fill a small portion of the health equity gap by offering safe-birthing education as well as medical toolkits.

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Fanned with love

Mark Anthony D. Toldo

July 15, 2018 |

Philippine Daily Inquirer |

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Response Location: Philippines, Parañaque City

What started as a form of therapy turned into a business venture for this group of moms. The aim was to “empower mothers through art” and now they are selling their pieces for a profit.

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Halting Violence In The Heartland

Gaby Galvin

July 14, 2018 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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Response Location: United States, Omaha, Nebraska

A nonprofit in Omaha focuses on hospitals for its gang intervention work, making contact with gang members or potential gang members who have been injured through violence and may be ready to make a change in their lives. YouTurn connects them to services like housing, education and job programs and acts as a bridge between families, police and doctors. It also works to prevent violence that might occur in hospitals through revenge or retaliation by rival gangs.

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A new Illinois law calls attention to postpartum mental illness

Hayley Prokos

July 13, 2018 |

Social Justice News Nexus |

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Response Location: United States, Illinois

A new Illinois law allows postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis to affect sentencing. This could reduce jail time and additional psychological trauma for women who suffer these ailments. Illinois is the first state to acknowledge perinatal mental illness.

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Empowering moms – and dads – in the black infant mortality crisis

Priska Neely

July 13, 2018 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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Response Location: United States, Ohio

The Global Infant Safe Sleep Center is tackling the sobering statistic that black babies are twice as likely to die before their first birthday than white babies are in the United States. The Center focuses on educating men on a simple tactic against infant mortality by teaching them how to safely put a baby to bed. Through a partnership with black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi, thousands of men across the country are getting trained and passing their knowledge on to other men.

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Watchful Eyes: At Peer-Run Injection Sites, Drug Users Help Each Other Stay Safe

Gabriel Spitzer

July 13, 2018 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver's safe drug injection sites have been credited with increasing drug users access to treatment while also decreasing dangerous behaviors like needle sharing. Now, Vancouver is also seeing a rise in peer-run pop-up safe drug injection sites, where people may feel less stigma and judgement; the sites are supported by Vancouver's public health authorities and law enforcement.

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Now, doctors anywhere will be able to treat common mental illness, with just a cellphone!

Seema Prasad

July 13, 2018 |

Citizen Matters |

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Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Indian doctors can now receive training in mental health diagnoses and treatments through a ‘digital academy’ developed by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. The academy will provide greater access to training and expand the capacity for mental health care in rural areas of India.

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Poisonous haze: Why the air we breathe could kill us

Innocent Eteng

July 13, 2018 |

Bhekisisa |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt

Doctors are waging educational campaigns to warn Nigerians about the dangers of air pollution. Doctors say they are seeing increased respiratory disease, but the government is struggling to regulate emissions. Their educational efforts are fueling activism campaigns, which led to an order for an environmental audit from Nigeria's Parliament.

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