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  • In Nepal, 'appalling' river runs cleaner in wake of unusual partnership

    December 18, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    For years, campaigns to clean Nepal's polluted Bagmati River resulted in failure. Now with police and government backing, the organization Safai Abhiyaan is in its third year, attracting hundreds of volunteers who are willing to brave the polluted waters to collect trash. The program's unique approach to organizing community volunteers has been a success, but the problem will not subside until greater perceptions about litter and water pollution are tackled.

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  • Lessons from Sri Lanka on malaria elimination

    December 15, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka

    Efforts to eliminate malaria from Sri Lanka led to only 17 cases one year, but failure to continue health safety practice allowed the number of cases to rise again to over 200,000 in 1999. In 2016 Sri Lanka celebrates it’s 5th year of being malaria free, thanks to consistent vector control, access, surveillance and treatment.

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  • Breakthrough Communication Apps Give Hope to Autistic Students

    December 14, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Companies like Good Karma allow people with autism to use apps to communicate through pictures and icons. Yet, the apps require users to do a lot of complicated movements, some of who may not have that mobility. However, brain interference technology, could be the answer. Through the technology “a mere thought can get a computer to speak a word or phrase .”

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  • This Is How We Can Tackle Climate Change, Even With a Denier in Chief

    December 12, 2016 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Response Location: United States

    With little action happening to reverse or prepare for climate change at the federal level, local communities have taken initiative on their own. From voters in Flagstaff passing a $10 million bond to bolster forest management to the city of Tulsa buying over 1,000 flood-prone properties, across the United States people are taking non- or bi-partisan steps to increase their towns’ resilience. Core to each initiative is not a parachute, one-size-fits-all approach, rather, it’s taking a hyper-local approach, centering community strength, and moving disadvantaged populations to the forefront.

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  • One Weight-Loss Approach Fits All? No, Not Even Close

    December 12, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Losing weight is a struggle for many people and research has shown that one diet does not fit all, some people lose weight on a diet while others gain. For obese individuals, the way to lose weight may be highly personalized and involve a specific diet type, counting calories, or one of many different medications.

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  • Mobile Restrooms Offer Solution for Lower Polk's Homeless Community

    December 09, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    With the homeless population in San Francisco in crisis, the lack of a safe clean place for the homeless to relieve themselves has caused concerns over sanitation in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Now the city offers a mobile City Resource Relief Center, a van that offers not only a toilet but also clothes, hygiene kits, food, and coffee. The project has documented many uses of the bathroom each night.

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  • The Sesame Street of Sex Ed: Ugandan Show Uses Puppets to Break Taboos

    December 08, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Uganda has some of the highest fertility and HIV prevalence rates in the world. Yet the government has banned comprehensive sexuality education in schools, and parents feel uncomfortable talking about the taboo subject. So Chicken & Chips, a television show about puppets, was created to educate the country’s young people about sexual and reproductive health.

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  • This drug can break opioid addiction. Why aren't we using it?

    December 07, 2016 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Opioid addiction has increased throughout the United States. A clinic in San Francisco has been offering an opioid replacement drug called buphrenorphine to help wean addicts away from opioids. The clinic’s success at healing addicts has served as a model for clinics in other cities around the country.

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  • Sex ed program goes far beyond sex, succeeds by meeting basic needs

    December 07, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Research has shown that when young people have their basic needs met and feel positive about their futures, they are less likely to engage in risky behaviors. The Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program has reduced pregnancy rates by 40 percent in New York by meeting teens educational, emotional, and employment needs.

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  • South Carolina finds innovative way to help first-time moms

    November 30, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Florence, South Carolina

    Thanks to social impact bonds, the Nurse-Family Partnership in South Carolina pairs specially trained nurses with low-income pregnant women for regular home visits, giving the mothers coaching to break the poverty cycle. The state should realize a return on its investment long-term, with lower Medicaid costs, fewer preterm births, bigger gaps between childbirths and fewer emergency room visits.

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