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  • 'Lights of Hope' offers support to families of those struggling with addiction Social Sharing

    September 10, 2018 |

    CBC |

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    Response Location: Canada, Windsor, Ontario

    Lights of Hope is an event in Windsor, Ontario that aims to bring community members who have had their lives impacted by addiction together. Not only does it offer a space for individuals and families to talk about difficulties, but also provides resources such as naloxone kits and training for how to use the kit.

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  • Maternity Care Gets a Racial Justice Focus

    September 07, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Mamatoto Village is a maternal health group that offers services to women of color. The aim of the group is to address racial inequality in healthcare and level the playing field to give women of color access to services. Last year the group served almost 500 women, the vast majority of which gave birth vaginally and initiated breastfeeding.

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

    September 07, 2018 |

    Governing |

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

    September 06, 2018 |

    The Huffington Post |

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

    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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  • Meet the Chef Who Wants to Transform NYC School Lunch

    September 04, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    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

    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

    September 01, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    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

    August 30, 2018 |

    Southerly |

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    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

    August 30, 2018 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    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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