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Can Cuban Medicine Help Solve American Inequality?

Sam Loewenberg

March 14, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Cuba, Havana, La Habana

Nearly a hundred Americans are studying medicine at Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), where they are taught preventive medicine to treat the underserved.

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From Institution To Inclusion

Martin Austermuhle

March 14, 2016 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

For individuals with developmental disabilities in Washington, D.C., inclusion’s uphill battle, while still happening, has shown results. After the practice of institutionalization ended decades ago, there was a shift to group home living, nonprofit advocacy groups, and job placements. Challenges remain though, like slow-moving bureaucracy, funding, and those still fighting inclusion, but moves toward inclusive jobs and living continue.

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Students see benefits from later school start times

James Vaznis

March 10, 2016 |

The Boston Globe |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Eastham, Massachusetts

A growing number of high schools across Massachusetts are exploring later start times, amid research showing that a lack of sleep can have detrimental effects on the health and academic performance of teenagers.

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Healing India's Traditional Healers

Sophie Cousins

March 09, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Suri, West Bengal

India has an estimated 2.5 million medical “quacks.” Can they be trained to do no harm?

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India: Sanitation for Women

Fi Glover Henrietta Moore Martha Lane Fox

March 02, 2016 |

BBC |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: India

Improving sanitation isn’t just a matter of building more toilets; it’s also about education and specific solutions that help women and the poor gain access to safe, clean, and convenient facilities. This is a huge topic in India, where local projects and top-down efforts to improve sanitation have mixed results.

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Ideas Help No One on a Shelf. Take Them to the World.

Tina Rosenberg

February 29, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Kisumu

Distributing, promoting and lending continuing support to good ideas for fixing the world’s woes is as critical a task as thinking them up in the first place.

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Courthouse Dogs Help Victims Tell Their Stories

Jennifer Billock

February 26, 2016 |

Mental Floss |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Specially trained service dogs help crime victims in 31 states by accompanying them to forensic interviews and court dates. The dogs, called facility dogs, give emotional comfort to victims, most often child victims of sexual abuse or who witnessed domestic violence. Research has shown that the presence of a trained service animal can reduce stress and make anxious people feel safer.

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It Takes A Village to Not Marry A Girl

Didem Tali

February 25, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Malawi

Some communities in Malawi are beginning to fight child marriage their own way—with music, dance, and a few tears, using theater to motivate cultural change.

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Treating Street Violence As A Contagion, Baltimore Looks For More Than One Cure

Armando Trull

February 24, 2016 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

When lawmakers try to tackle gun violence, they often turn to measures like adding police officers or cracking down on illegal guns. But what happens when they treat violent crime as a public-health problem? Counselors invite patients to join the Violence Intervention Program, offering a host of services intended to break the cycle of violence.

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Kenyans Reacquire an Old Taste: Eating Healthier

Rachel Cernansky

February 23, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

In colonial times, diets and agricultural work in Kenya focused on corn and rice, alongside produce grown elsewhere. Health-consciousness is now restoring nutritious local fruits and vegetables to Kenyan tables, in part by teaching horticulture students in university.

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